+19%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Eastern University rose 19% between 2006 and 2009 ($20.0k → $23.8k).
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Eastern University
Saint Davids, Pennsylvania. 1,978 undergraduate students. 77 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Eastern 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 Eastern University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.0%).
-11%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Eastern University fell 11% between 2021 and 2024 (73.9% → 65.5%).
+44%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Eastern University rose 44% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7k → 2.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Pennsylvania
Each tile compares this institution to the Pennsylvania median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$51,655+24% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$41,580
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry56.0%+24% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$18,000+131% · '97→'20
At program completion1,978+61% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS70.6%-17% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time93.6%+11% · '01→'24
latest cohort$37,420+163% · '00→'24
out-of-state $37,420SECTION 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
4.6%Median federal debt $18,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $51,655 (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.
+24%
Eastern University · completion · 150% rose
51.5% → 63.9%
+22%
Eastern University · completion · 100% rose
41.0% → 50.1%
-17%
Eastern University · retention fell
79.0% → 65.5%
+61%
Eastern University · undergrad enrollment rose
1,489 → 2,404
+163%
Eastern University · in-state tuition rose
$14,600 → $38,400
+63%
Eastern University · out-of-state tuition rose
$14,600 → $23,820
+131%
Eastern University · median debt rose
$10,831 → $25,000
-100%
Eastern University · cohort default rate fell
6.0% → 0.0%
+757%
Eastern University · pell share rose
4.1% → 41.9%
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.
Health and Medical Administrative Services.$95,224Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$88,979Business Administration, Management and Operations.$73,760Accounting and Related Services.$73,187Business Administration, Management and Operations.$67,797Marketing.$61,936Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$60,758Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$60,491Special Education and Teaching.$59,811Education, Other.$55,714Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries.$51,838Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$50,722Social Work.$47,205Psychology, General.$43,573Urban Studies/Affairs.$43,387Communication and Media Studies.$43,059Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$42,823
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
17 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
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS · CIP 39
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Eastern 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
$82,500
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 22
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $23,123
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 13
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 Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Eastern University graduates earn $X” — not “Eastern University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Eastern 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.