-6pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 6 pp at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth vs the 2018–2022 baseline (49.0% vs 55.3%).
Massachusetts · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
UMass Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. 5,289 undergraduate students. 114 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at UMass Dartmouth
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7% → 0.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
UMass Dartmouth earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Massachusetts median
Each tile compares this institution to the Massachusetts median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$68,804+34% · 6→10y
Massachusetts median $56,022$51,475
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry49.0%+13% · '97→'24
Massachusetts median 66.5%$18,133+208% · '97→'20
At program completion5,289+6% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS63.7%-4% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time92.2%+35% · '01→'24
latest cohort$15,208+278% · '00→'24
out-of-state $31,750SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How UMass Dartmouth earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings at UMass Dartmouth
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.5%Median federal debt $18,133 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $68,804 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
UMass Dartmouth enrollment, completion, and debt over time
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+32%
UMass Dartmouth · completion · 100% rose
28.8% → 38.1%
+278%
UMass Dartmouth · in-state tuition rose
$4,129 → $15,612
+173%
UMass Dartmouth · out-of-state tuition rose
$11,933 → $32,567
+208%
UMass Dartmouth · median debt rose
$8,122 → $25,000
-100%
UMass Dartmouth · cohort default rate fell
5.8% → 0.0%
+42%
UMass Dartmouth · earnings_median_8yr rose
$42,100 → $59,968
+35%
UMass Dartmouth · earnings_median_6yr rose
$38,100 → $51,475
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
UMass Dartmouth programs ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Computer and Information Sciences, General$97,833Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering$94,580Business Administration, Management and Operations$92,757Mechanical Engineering$90,396Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$86,771Law$84,682Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions$76,305Accounting and Related Services$73,735Civil Engineering$72,965Finance and Financial Management Services$69,363Marketing$67,546Biology, General$66,578Criminology$65,646Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$64,908History$59,458Business Administration, Management and Operations$55,612English Language and Literature, General$53,507Sociology$51,559Psychology, General$49,231Design and Applied Arts$49,179Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$44,445
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
21 UMass Dartmouth programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at UMass Dartmouth
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$745,984
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $19,022
- HS-only baseline · MA
- $42,600
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Institutions similar to UMass Dartmouth in Massachusetts
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“UMass Dartmouth graduates earn $X” — not “UMass Dartmouth makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending UMass Dartmouth caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.