-15%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Midwestern State University fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 (4.8k → 4.1k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls, Texas. 4,043 undergraduate students. 71 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Midwestern 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.
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.
$55,747+20% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$46,637
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry41.3%+72% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$13,051+501% · '97→'20
At program completion4,043-18% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS63.0%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time87.4%+70% · '01→'24
latest cohort$10,310+290% · '00→'24
out-of-state $12,260SECTION 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
3.1%Median federal debt $13,051 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $55,747 (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.
+72%
Midwestern State University · completion · 150% rose
24.9% → 42.7%
+1148%
Midwestern State University · completion · 100% rose
2.0% → 25.1%
+290%
Midwestern State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,716 → $10,580
+37%
Midwestern State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,166 → $12,530
+501%
Midwestern State University · median debt rose
$3,500 → $21,030
+49%
Midwestern State University · pell share rose
27.3% → 40.6%
+39%
Midwestern State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$40,100 → $55,747
+48%
Midwestern State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,900 → $52,991
+45%
Midwestern State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$32,200 → $46,637
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.
Computer and Information Sciences, General.$90,788Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$88,837Mechanical Engineering.$76,173Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$74,902Accounting and Related Services.$65,105Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$64,004Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$63,983Special Education and Teaching.$63,072Finance and Financial Management Services.$59,541Business Administration, Management and Operations.$58,542Biology, General.$58,445Marketing.$56,861Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences.$51,776Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$49,768Business/Commerce, General.$49,412Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$48,686Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies.$47,288Sociology.$45,329Psychology, General.$44,475Social Work.$44,251Criminal Justice and Corrections.$43,441Communication and Media Studies.$43,292English Language and Literature, General.$42,974Fine and Studio Arts.$32,427
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
24 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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
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
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Midwestern 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
$653,696
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,235
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- 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.
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
“Midwestern State University graduates earn $X” — not “Midwestern State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Midwestern 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.