-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Austin Peay State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.4% → 0.0%).
Tennessee · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee. 7,365 undergraduate students. 79 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Austin Peay State 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.
+18%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Austin Peay State University rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 (23.2% → 27.3%).
+11%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Austin Peay State University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (62.9% → 70.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Tennessee
Each tile compares this institution to the Tennessee median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$44,301+14% · 6→10y
Tennessee median $38,880$38,779
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry44.5%+33% · '97→'24
Tennessee median 57.6%$13,202+420% · '97→'20
At program completion7,365+1% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS66.8%+15% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time96.0%+114% · '01→'24
latest cohort$8,675+218% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,219SECTION 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
4.0%Median federal debt $13,202 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $44,301 (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%
Austin Peay State University · completion · 150% rose
30.3% → 40.2%
+201%
Austin Peay State University · completion · 100% rose
9.1% → 27.3%
+15%
Austin Peay State University · retention rose
61.0% → 70.0%
+218%
Austin Peay State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,831 → $9,006
+75%
Austin Peay State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,459 → $14,766
+420%
Austin Peay State University · median debt rose
$3,948 → $20,547
-100%
Austin Peay State University · cohort default rate fell
16.6% → 0.0%
+22%
Austin Peay State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$36,300 → $44,301
+20%
Austin Peay State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,600 → $41,659
+26%
Austin Peay State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,700 → $38,779
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.$107,487Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$75,418Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$73,897Computer and Information Sciences, General.$73,281Education, General.$62,317Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$60,176Curriculum and Instruction.$58,254Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$54,348Chemistry.$54,314Criminal Justice and Corrections.$53,438Social Work.$52,074Business/Commerce, General.$51,396Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.$48,050Political Science and Government.$47,593Sociology.$47,222Mathematics.$47,046History.$46,456Special Education and Teaching.$45,543Communication and Media Studies.$44,606Agriculture, General.$44,104Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$43,621Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$43,477Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$43,136Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$43,028
Showing top 24 of 30 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
30 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
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Austin Peay State 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
$191,915
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,365
- HS-only baseline · TN
- $34,600
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
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 Tennessee
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Austin Peay State University graduates earn $X” — not “Austin Peay State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Austin Peay State 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.