-12%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Winona State University fell 12% between 2021 and 2024 (43.6% → 38.4%).
Minnesota · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Winona State University
Winona, Minnesota. 5,088 undergraduate students. 86 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Winona State 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 Winona State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.1% → 0.0%).
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.
$58,532+14% · 6→10y
Minnesota median $48,321$51,288
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry60.9%+29% · '97→'24
Minnesota median 54.7%$15,000+242% · '97→'20
At program completion5,088-15% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.5%+8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time68.5%+18% · '01→'24
latest cohort$10,498+210% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,230SECTION 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
3.4%Median federal debt $15,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $58,532 (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.
+29%
Winona State University · completion · 150% rose
44.1% → 56.9%
+89%
Winona State University · completion · 100% rose
20.4% → 38.4%
+210%
Winona State University · in-state tuition rose
$3,413 → $10,576
+150%
Winona State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,913 → $17,308
+242%
Winona State University · median debt rose
$6,284 → $21,500
-100%
Winona State University · cohort default rate fell
3.6% → 0.0%
+29%
Winona State University · pell share rose
18.8% → 24.2%
+36%
Winona State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$42,900 → $58,532
+40%
Winona State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$39,600 → $55,462
+37%
Winona State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$37,500 → $51,288
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$125,129Computer Science.$90,428Materials Engineering$83,187Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$79,354Finance and Financial Management Services.$79,334Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,166Biology, General.$68,876Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.$67,809Accounting and Related Services.$67,731Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.$66,073Business Administration, Management and Operations.$65,310Human Resources Management and Services.$65,075Marketing.$63,079Criminal Justice and Corrections.$62,593Education, General.$60,780Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$58,543Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$58,281Political Science and Government.$58,224Communication and Media Studies.$54,159Social Work.$54,119Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$53,974Special Education and Teaching.$52,938Psychology, General.$51,687Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$51,281
Showing top 24 of 33 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
33 programs with earnings, grouped
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
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Winona State 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
$677,854
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,495
- HS-only baseline · MN
- $39,400
- 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
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
“Winona State University graduates earn $X” — not “Winona State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Winona State 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.