-100%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at National American University-Rapid City fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (10.5% → 0.0%).
South Dakota · Private for-profit · Predominantly bachelor's
National American University-Rapid City
Rapid City, South Dakota. 832 undergraduate students. 71 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at National American University-Rapid City
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%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at National American University-Rapid City fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (12.5% → 0.0%).
-28%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 28% at National American University-Rapid City vs the 2018–2022 baseline (832 vs 1.2k).
-19%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at National American University-Rapid City fell 18% between 2021 and 2024 (937 → 764).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. South Dakota
Each tile compares this institution to the South Dakota median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$37,325+26% · 6→10y
South Dakota median $46,709$29,641
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry60.0%-100% · '97→'24
South Dakota median 59.6%$20,120+571% · '97→'20
At program completion832+10% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS66.7%-39% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$16,065+61% · '01→'24
out-of-state $16,065SECTION 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
7.2%Median federal debt $20,120 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $37,325 (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.
-100%
National American University-Rapid City · completion · 150% fell
24.6% → 0.0%
-100%
National American University-Rapid City · completion · 100% fell
16.7% → 0.0%
-39%
National American University-Rapid City · retention fell
55.0% → 33.3%
+61%
National American University-Rapid City · in-state tuition rose
$9,990 → $16,065
+61%
National American University-Rapid City · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,990 → $16,065
+571%
National American University-Rapid City · median debt rose
$4,324 → $29,020
-100%
National American University-Rapid City · cohort default rate fell
22.9% → 0.0%
+260%
National American University-Rapid City · pell share rose
15.8% → 57.1%
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.$77,342Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,953Business Administration, Management and Operations.$67,077Computer and Information Sciences, General.$63,521Business Administration, Management and Operations.$57,947Accounting and Related Services.$56,049Human Resources Management and Services.$54,795Health and Medical Administrative Services.$54,274Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$51,603Criminal Justice and Corrections.$50,176Accounting and Related Services.$47,531Business Administration, Management and Operations.$46,731Legal Support Services.$39,754Health and Medical Administrative Services.$38,876Criminal Justice and Corrections.$36,797Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$36,120Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,935Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$30,614Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$27,597Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$25,405
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
20 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
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health and Medical Administrative Services.$54,274Health and Medical Administrative Services.$38,876Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,935Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$77,342Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$36,120Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$30,614Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$25,405Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,953
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$67,077Business Administration, Management and Operations.$57,947Business Administration, Management and Operations.$46,731Accounting and Related Services.$56,049Accounting and Related Services.$47,531Human Resources Management and Services.$54,795Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$27,597
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at National American University-Rapid City
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
$405,004
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 15
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,086
- HS-only baseline · SD
- $35,900
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 52
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 South Dakota
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“National American University-Rapid City graduates earn $X” — not “National American University-Rapid City makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending National American University-Rapid City 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.