+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Wilkes University rose 13% between 2006 and 2009 ($23.0k → $26.0k).
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 1,893 undergraduate students. 71 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Wilkes 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 Wilkes University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
+12%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Wilkes University rose 12% between 2006 and 2009 (56.3% → 62.9%).
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.
$63,454+17% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$54,128
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry60.3%+18% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$20,500+157% · '97→'20
At program completion1,893+1% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS73.5%-11% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time91.5%-4% · '01→'24
latest cohort$42,286+153% · '00→'24
out-of-state $42,286SECTION 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
4.3%Median federal debt $20,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $63,454 (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.
+38%
Wilkes University · completion · 100% rose
39.0% → 53.6%
-11%
Wilkes University · retention fell
80.0% → 71.6%
+153%
Wilkes University · in-state tuition rose
$17,220 → $43,496
+51%
Wilkes University · out-of-state tuition rose
$17,220 → $26,010
+157%
Wilkes University · median debt rose
$10,125 → $26,000
-100%
Wilkes University · cohort default rate fell
5.9% → 0.0%
+29%
Wilkes University · pell share rose
26.6% → 34.5%
+35%
Wilkes University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$47,900 → $64,570
+26%
Wilkes University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$42,800 → $54,128
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$143,898Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$132,964Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$122,887Accounting and Related Services.$85,792Mechanical Engineering.$84,211Business Administration, Management and Operations.$82,118Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,269Biology, General.$69,777Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering.$69,726Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$66,827Education, General.$66,654Business Administration, Management and Operations.$65,279Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$61,833Marketing.$60,340Communication and Media Studies.$54,942Psychology, General.$50,297Sociology.$47,908Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.$47,160
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
18 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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$122,887Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,269Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$132,964Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$143,898
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Wilkes 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
$156,498
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 21
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $26,339
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 6
- 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
“Wilkes University graduates earn $X” — not “Wilkes University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Wilkes 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.