+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at LeTourneau University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($33.5k → $37.2k).
Texas · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
LeTourneau University
Longview, Texas. 1,510 undergraduate students. 77 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at LeTourneau 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.
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at LeTourneau University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($33.5k → $37.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$57,103+12% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$51,058
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry61.1%+24% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$19,000+121% · '97→'20
At program completion1,510-16% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.5%+14% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time40.7%-55% · '01→'24
latest cohort$35,500+203% · '00→'24
out-of-state $35,500SECTION 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
4.4%Median federal debt $19,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $57,103 (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.
+24%
LeTourneau University · completion · 150% rose
47.3% → 58.6%
+95%
LeTourneau University · completion · 100% rose
25.3% → 49.2%
+14%
LeTourneau University · retention rose
71.0% → 80.8%
+203%
LeTourneau University · in-state tuition rose
$12,260 → $37,160
+203%
LeTourneau University · out-of-state tuition rose
$12,260 → $37,160
+121%
LeTourneau University · median debt rose
$11,750 → $26,000
-54%
LeTourneau University · pell share fell
28.9% → 13.3%
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.
Civil Engineering.$82,599Mechanical Engineering.$82,546Business Administration, Management and Operations.$76,444Business Administration, Management and Operations.$74,063Air Transportation.$73,524Educational Administration and Supervision.$62,113Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$52,555Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$45,128Psychology, General.$42,323
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 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
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at LeTourneau 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
$894,780
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $24,073
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 14
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 Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“LeTourneau University graduates earn $X” — not “LeTourneau University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending LeTourneau 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.