Dayton, Ohio. 6,330 undergraduate students. 248 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
UNITID 206604 · OPEID 003078 · IPEDS HDVINTAGE · COLLEGE SCORECARD · 2025-05 · HISTORY 1996–2024
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Wright State University-Main Campus
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.
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-82%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Wright State University-Main Campus fell 82% between 2006 and 2009 (19.0% → 3.4%).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Wright State University-Main Campus fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.8% → 0.0%).
ENROLLMENT CLIFF · TRENDING WORSE-20%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 20% at Wright State University-Main Campus vs the 2018–2022 baseline (6.3k vs 8.0k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Ohio
Each tile compares this institution to the Ohio median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$49,500+17% · 6→10y
Ohio median $41,039
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$42,229
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
45.9%+45% · '97→'09
Ohio median 62.5%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$15,854+318% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
6,330-37% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
62.6%-1% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
95.2%+0% · '15→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$11,188+68% · '00→'09
out-of-state $20,606
SECTION 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).
ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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
4.3%
0%8% · GE20%+
Median federal debt $15,854 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $49,500 (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.
UNDERGRAD · 1996–20246,762
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997–200944.8%
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997–2020$22,750
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 1997→2009+45%
Wright State University-Main Campus · completion · 150% rose
30.9% → 44.8%
COMPLETION · 100% · 1997→2009-64%
Wright State University-Main Campus · completion · 100% fell
9.4% → 3.4%
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 1996→2024-37%
Wright State University-Main Campus · undergrad enrollment fell
10,707 → 6,762
IN-STATE TUITION · 2000→2009+68%
Wright State University-Main Campus · in-state tuition rose
$4,335 → $7,263
OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+145%
Wright State University-Main Campus · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,670 → $21,222
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997→2020+318%
Wright State University-Main Campus · median debt rose
$5,444 → $22,750
COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 2011→2024-100%
Wright State University-Main Campus · cohort default rate fell
8.0% → 0.0%
PELL SHARE · 2008→2024+27%
Wright State University-Main Campus · pell share rose
27.2% → 34.5%
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 2007→2020+21%
Wright State University-Main Campus · earnings_median_10yr rose
$40,900 → $49,500
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 2005→2020+21%
Wright State University-Main Campus · earnings_median_8yr rose
$38,000 → $46,058
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 2003→2020+23%
Wright State University-Main Campus · earnings_median_6yr rose
$34,300 → $42,229
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.
Estimate the financial outcome at Wright State University-Main Campus
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
$940,868
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
Cost per year
$15,828
HS-only baseline · OH
$36,400
Years to complete
6
CIP family
52
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 Ohio
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
“Wright State University-Main Campus graduates earn $X” — not “Wright State University-Main Campus makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Wright State University-Main Campus 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.