8.4%
Debt-to-earnings
Debt-to-earnings ratio of 8.4% at Jackson State University exceeds the 8% gainful-employment threshold ($24.8k debt amortized over 10 years vs $39.1k earnings).
Mississippi · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Jackson State
Jackson, Mississippi. 4,769 undergraduate students. 85 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Jackson State
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.
+27%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Jackson State University rose 27% between 2021 and 2024 ($9.4k → $12.0k).
-20%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Jackson State University fell 19% between 2021 and 2024 (77.4% → 62.4%).
-7pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 7 pp at Jackson State University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (32.2% vs 39.6%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Jackson State earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Mississippi median
Each tile compares this institution to the Mississippi median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$39,060+28% · 6→10y
Mississippi median $33,017$30,530
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry32.2%+74% · '97→'24
Mississippi median 46.9%$24,751+771% · '97→'20
At program completion4,769-11% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS68.5%-16% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time91.0%+166% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,090+180% · '01→'24
out-of-state $10,110SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Jackson State 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 Jackson State
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
8.4%Median federal debt $24,751 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,060 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Jackson State 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.
+74%
Jackson State · completion · 150% rose
29.3% → 50.9%
+220%
Jackson State · completion · 100% rose
10.4% → 33.5%
-16%
Jackson State · retention fell
74.0% → 62.4%
+180%
Jackson State · in-state tuition rose
$3,206 → $8,965
+62%
Jackson State · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,376 → $11,965
+771%
Jackson State · median debt rose
$3,500 → $30,470
-100%
Jackson State · cohort default rate fell
16.4% → 0.0%
+23%
Jackson State · earnings_median_6yr rose
$24,900 → $30,530
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Jackson State 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.
Civil Engineering$85,146Computer Science$75,274Educational Administration and Supervision$72,167Business Administration, Management and Operations$70,111Finance and Financial Management Services$63,386Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$61,101Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians$53,878Accounting and Related Services$53,319Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians$52,968Student Counseling and Personnel Services$50,723Business Administration, Management and Operations$45,456Biology, General$45,403Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$45,296Social Work$45,113Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$44,867Criminal Justice and Corrections$44,313Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$44,066Health and Medical Administrative Services$42,332Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$42,238Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General$41,366Communication and Media Studies$40,204Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$39,466Visual and Performing Arts, General$39,463Social Work$37,885
Showing top 24 of 26 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
26 Jackson State 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
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$44,066Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$39,466Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$42,238Educational Administration and Supervision$72,167Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$45,296Student Counseling and Personnel Services$50,723
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Jackson State
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
$199,576
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 16
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,679
- HS-only baseline · MS
- $30,200
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 26
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 Jackson State in Mississippi
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Jackson State graduates earn $X” — not “Jackson State makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Jackson State 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.