+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at St Catherine University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($46.5k → $51.5k).
Minnesota · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
St Catherine University
Saint Paul, Minnesota. 2,393 undergraduate students. 107 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at St Catherine University
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 St Catherine University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at St Catherine University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($46.5k → $51.5k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Minnesota
Each tile compares this institution to the Minnesota median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$59,282+12% · 6→10y
Minnesota median $48,321$52,795
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry65.1%+25% · '97→'24
Minnesota median 54.7%$19,716+120% · '97→'20
At program completion2,393+17% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS78.1%-2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time94.1%+6% · '01→'24
latest cohort$49,758+215% · '00→'24
out-of-state $49,758SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How 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
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
4.4%Median federal debt $19,716 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $59,282 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
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.
+25%
St Catherine University · completion · 150% rose
48.9% → 61.3%
+51%
St Catherine University · completion · 100% rose
33.1% → 50.0%
+215%
St Catherine University · in-state tuition rose
$16,320 → $51,454
+215%
St Catherine University · out-of-state tuition rose
$16,321 → $51,454
+120%
St Catherine University · median debt rose
$11,000 → $24,181
-100%
St Catherine University · cohort default rate fell
4.7% → 0.0%
+37%
St Catherine University · pell share rose
29.3% → 40.1%
+28%
St Catherine University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$46,200 → $59,282
+30%
St Catherine University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$44,300 → $57,610
+24%
St Catherine University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$42,500 → $52,795
SECTION 05 · 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.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$130,655Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$117,165Business Administration, Management and Operations.$108,328Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$90,472Business Administration, Management and Operations.$89,368Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$83,784Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$78,909Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$78,735Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$68,348Accounting and Related Services.$67,406Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$66,870Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$65,125Curriculum and Instruction.$64,014Social Work.$62,568Business Administration, Management and Operations.$59,516Public Health.$59,427Library Science and Administration.$57,731Communication and Media Studies.$55,753Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$51,509American Sign Language.$51,418Psychology, General.$50,986Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$45,958Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$44,865Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$41,160
Showing top 24 of 25 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
25 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBRARY SCIENCE · CIP 25
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$45,958Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$90,472Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$117,165Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$68,348Public Health.$59,427Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$83,784Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$66,870Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$130,655Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$78,735Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$78,909
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at St Catherine University
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
$132,196
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 16
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $19,862
- HS-only baseline · MN
- $39,400
- Years to complete
- 2
- 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
Same sector and degree mix in Minnesota
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“St Catherine University graduates earn $X” — not “St Catherine University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending St Catherine University 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.