+13%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Lewis & Clark College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($57.4k → $64.8k).
Oregon · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, Oregon. 2,167 undergraduate students. 52 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Lewis & Clark College
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 Lewis & Clark College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.2% → 0.0%).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Lewis & Clark College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($57.4k → $64.8k).
+43%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at Lewis & Clark College are 43% above 6-year earnings ($43.6k → $62.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Oregon
Each tile compares this institution to the Oregon median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$62,205+43% · 6→10y
Oregon median $40,968$43,608
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry71.2%+16% · '97→'24
Oregon median 57.5%$13,644+68% · '97→'20
At program completion2,167+21% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS81.5%+1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time74.5%-1% · '01→'24
latest cohort$62,350+201% · '00→'24
out-of-state $62,350SECTION 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
2.9%Median federal debt $13,644 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $62,205 (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.
+21%
Lewis & Clark College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,748 → 2,120
+201%
Lewis & Clark College · in-state tuition rose
$21,520 → $64,828
+201%
Lewis & Clark College · out-of-state tuition rose
$21,520 → $64,828
+68%
Lewis & Clark College · median debt rose
$11,625 → $19,500
-95%
Lewis & Clark College · cohort default rate fell
1.9% → 0.0%
+66%
Lewis & Clark College · pell share rose
12.2% → 20.3%
+40%
Lewis & Clark College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$44,300 → $62,205
+35%
Lewis & Clark College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$38,500 → $51,866
+43%
Lewis & Clark College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,400 → $43,608
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.
Law.$93,757Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$71,725Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$70,051Communication and Media Studies.$64,056Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$63,413International Relations and National Security Studies.$61,511Economics.$60,179Sociology.$56,339Psychology, General.$49,969Biology, General.$49,175History.$46,513Fine and Studio Arts.$21,054
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
12 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
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Lewis & Clark College
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
$387,155
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 15
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $25,542
- HS-only baseline · OR
- $38,420
- Years to complete
- 6
- 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 Oregon
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Lewis & Clark College graduates earn $X” — not “Lewis & Clark College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Lewis & Clark College 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.