-52%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at University of Western States are 52% below the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($27.4k vs $57.2k).
Oregon · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Western States
Portland, Oregon. 0 undergraduate students. 13 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Western States
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.
+52%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at University of Western States rose 52% between 2014 and 2017 ($7.8k → $11.8k).
-33%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at University of Western States fell 33% between 2013 and 2016 (100.0% → 66.7%).
+23%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at University of Western States rose 23% between 2007 and 2010 ($7.0k → $8.5k).
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.
$27,382+2% · 6→10y
Oregon median $40,968$26,840
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry—-17% · '97→'16
Oregon median 57.5%—+144% · '07→'17
At program completion0
latest IPEDS—
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—+26% · '06→'10
annualSECTION 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 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.
+144%
University of Western States · median debt rose
$4,859 → $11,838
-80%
University of Western States · cohort default rate fell
1.6% → 0.0%
-100%
University of Western States · pell share fell
29.4% → 0.0%
-41%
University of Western States · earnings_median_10yr fell
$46,500 → $27,382
-27%
University of Western States · earnings_median_6yr fell
$36,800 → $26,840
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
4 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Western States
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%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Chiropractic · First Professional Degree at University of Western States(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
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
“University of Western States graduates earn $X” — not “University of Western States makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Western States 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.