+15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Misericordia University rose 15% between 2006 and 2009 ($20.9k → $24.1k).
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Misericordia University
Dallas, Pennsylvania. 1,632 undergraduate students. 52 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Misericordia 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.
-92%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Misericordia University fell 92% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.1%).
+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Misericordia University rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($35.9k → $40.4k).
+16%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Misericordia University rose 16% between 2006 and 2009 (2.0k → 2.3k).
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.
$64,313+15% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$55,910
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry69.2%+33% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$24,854+60% · '97→'20
At program completion1,632+65% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS79.6%-9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time84.9%-16% · '01→'24
latest cohort$38,370+152% · '00→'24
out-of-state $38,370SECTION 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
5.1%Median federal debt $24,854 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $64,313 (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.
+33%
Misericordia University · completion · 150% rose
54.5% → 72.5%
+76%
Misericordia University · completion · 100% rose
35.4% → 62.2%
+65%
Misericordia University · undergrad enrollment rose
1,405 → 2,315
+152%
Misericordia University · in-state tuition rose
$16,010 → $40,370
+50%
Misericordia University · out-of-state tuition rose
$16,010 → $24,050
+60%
Misericordia University · median debt rose
$16,817 → $26,973
-98%
Misericordia University · cohort default rate fell
4.5% → 0.1%
+30%
Misericordia University · pell share rose
20.9% → 27.2%
+25%
Misericordia University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$51,400 → $64,313
+29%
Misericordia University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$49,000 → $62,984
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.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$120,621Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$116,732Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$83,823Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$76,357Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$71,553Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$70,763Business Administration, Management and Operations.$70,301Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$69,562Education, General.$69,392Computer and Information Sciences, General.$66,316Health and Medical Administrative Services.$66,147Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$65,713Business Administration, Management and Operations.$65,207Psychology, General.$64,228Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$60,121Accounting and Related Services.$56,409Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.$55,174Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$46,487Biology, General.$44,856Social Sciences, General.$44,142Communication and Media Studies.$43,648Political Science and Government.$43,067Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$41,874
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
23 programs with earnings, grouped
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
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$76,357Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$71,553Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$70,763Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$69,562Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$65,713Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$116,732Health and Medical Administrative Services.$66,147Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$120,621Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$83,823
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Misericordia 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
$626,641
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,763
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- 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 Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Misericordia University graduates earn $X” — not “Misericordia University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Misericordia 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.