-60%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 60% at South Hills School of Business & Technology vs the 2003–2007 baseline (241 vs 599).
Pennsylvania · Private for-profit · Predominantly associate's
South Hills School of Business & Technology
State College, Pennsylvania. 241 undergraduate students. 14 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at South Hills School of Business & Technology
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 South Hills School of Business & Technology fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.0%).
+16%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at South Hills School of Business & Technology rose 16% between 2006 and 2009 ($11.7k → $13.6k).
+26%
First-year retention
First-year retention at South Hills School of Business & Technology rose 26% between 2021 and 2024 (62.3% → 78.3%).
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.
$35,539+5% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$33,823
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry60.5%-29% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$12,000+161% · '97→'20
At program completion241+121% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS80.6%+9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time99.2%+6% · '01→'24
latest cohort$19,208+130% · '00→'24
out-of-state $19,208SECTION 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
4.5%Median federal debt $12,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $35,539 (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.
-29%
South Hills School of Business & Technology · completion · 150% fell
81.9% → 58.5%
+121%
South Hills School of Business & Technology · undergrad enrollment rose
319 → 704
+130%
South Hills School of Business & Technology · in-state tuition rose
$8,673 → $19,905
+57%
South Hills School of Business & Technology · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,673 → $13,578
+161%
South Hills School of Business & Technology · median debt rose
$6,125 → $16,000
-100%
South Hills School of Business & Technology · cohort default rate fell
15.3% → 0.0%
+26%
South Hills School of Business & Technology · earnings_median_10yr rose
$28,300 → $35,539
+35%
South Hills School of Business & Technology · earnings_median_8yr rose
$27,100 → $36,622
+27%
South Hills School of Business & Technology · earnings_median_6yr rose
$26,700 → $33,823
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
6 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
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at South Hills School of Business & Technology
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
$368,615
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $25,801
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- 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
“South Hills School of Business & Technology graduates earn $X” — not “South Hills School of Business & Technology makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending South Hills School of Business & Technology 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.