+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Middle Tennessee State University rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($28.3k → $31.6k).
Tennessee · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 16,115 undergraduate students. 132 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Middle Tennessee 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Middle Tennessee State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.3% → 0.0%).
+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Middle Tennessee State University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($9.2k → $10.3k).
-11%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Middle Tennessee State University fell 11% between 2017 and 2020 ($22.5k → $20.0k).
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.
$48,541+22% · 6→10y
Tennessee median $38,880$39,941
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry54.0%+67% · '97→'24
Tennessee median 57.6%$14,093+281% · '97→'20
At program completion16,115+3% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.6%+7% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time68.0%-12% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,506+221% · '01→'24
out-of-state $29,042SECTION 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
3.9%Median federal debt $14,093 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $48,541 (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.
+67%
Middle Tennessee State University · completion · 150% rose
32.2% → 53.7%
+117%
Middle Tennessee State University · completion · 100% rose
16.6% → 35.9%
+221%
Middle Tennessee State University · in-state tuition rose
$3,194 → $10,266
+227%
Middle Tennessee State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,666 → $31,574
+281%
Middle Tennessee State University · median debt rose
$5,250 → $20,000
-100%
Middle Tennessee State University · cohort default rate fell
12.3% → 0.0%
+28%
Middle Tennessee State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,800 → $48,541
+27%
Middle Tennessee State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,000 → $44,447
+26%
Middle Tennessee State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$31,600 → $39,941
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.$104,156Business Administration, Management and Operations.$93,225Accounting and Related Services.$91,910Computer and Information Sciences, General.$91,629Construction Management.$89,376Computer Science.$88,695Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other.$88,088Psychology, General.$86,588Engineering-Related Fields.$79,773Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$78,482Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.$72,545Accounting and Related Services.$72,466Management Information Systems and Services.$71,857Air Transportation.$70,548Engineering Technology, General.$69,580Finance and Financial Management Services.$63,083Marketing.$62,637Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$60,689Educational Administration and Supervision.$60,553Biological and Physical Sciences.$59,638Business Administration, Management and Operations.$58,160Mathematics.$57,922Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.$56,280Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$55,813
Showing top 24 of 59 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
59 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
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$44,313Curriculum and Instruction.$51,115Educational Administration and Supervision.$60,553Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$42,548Special Education and Teaching.$45,543Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$55,813Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$53,913
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
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
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$78,482Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$104,156Public Health.$48,323Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$54,739Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$45,972
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$58,160Marketing.$62,637Management Information Systems and Services.$71,857Business Administration, Management and Operations.$93,225Accounting and Related Services.$72,466Finance and Financial Management Services.$63,083Construction Management.$89,376Accounting and Related Services.$91,910Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$45,432
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Middle Tennessee 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
$126,126
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 19
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $12,840
- HS-only baseline · TN
- $34,600
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 30
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
“Middle Tennessee State University graduates earn $X” — not “Middle Tennessee State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Middle Tennessee 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.