CIP 5122 · Bachelor's Degree · Middle Tennessee State University

Public Health at Middle Tennessee State University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Middle Tennessee State University. 38 completers in the most recent 4-year window (33 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $48,323.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$48,323
Tennessee CIP-4 median $53,377
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$27,000
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
38
33 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Middle Tennessee State University

7.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $27,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $48,323.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

6.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Tennessee CIP 5122 peer-median earnings $53,377.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$27,000
$31,000$26,38020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201938
583020142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an 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
$209,922
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 13
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 13year 0year 39
Cost per year
$12,840
HS-only baseline · TN
$34,600
Years to complete
4
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.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5122

Public Health across Tennessee institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Tennessee Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

East Tennessee State UniversityPEER$53,37735 grads
Middle Tennessee State UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$48,32338 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →