+25%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Sam Houston State University rose 25% between 2006 and 2009 ($8.4k → $10.5k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas. 18,138 undergraduate students. 137 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Sam Houston 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.
$54,211+20% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$45,337
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry55.1%+68% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$16,500+167% · '97→'09
At program completion18,138+60% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS75.4%+8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time85.4%+4% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,228+314% · '00→'24
out-of-state $19,020SECTION 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
4.1%Median federal debt $16,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $54,211 (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.
+68%
Sam Houston State University · completion · 150% rose
32.6% → 54.8%
+98%
Sam Houston State University · completion · 100% rose
18.2% → 36.0%
+60%
Sam Houston State University · undergrad enrollment rose
11,096 → 17,743
+314%
Sam Houston State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,228 → $9,228
+158%
Sam Houston State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,388 → $19,068
+167%
Sam Houston State University · median debt rose
$3,938 → $10,500
+710%
Sam Houston State University · pell share rose
5.1% → 41.3%
+28%
Sam Houston State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$42,200 → $54,211
+26%
Sam Houston State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$39,500 → $49,729
+28%
Sam Houston State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$35,500 → $45,337
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.
Accounting and Related Services.$99,805Business Administration, Management and Operations.$99,411Computer and Information Sciences, General.$97,361Criminal Justice and Corrections.$91,329Construction Engineering Technologies.$89,884Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$85,287Educational Administration and Supervision.$82,747Music.$76,384Finance and Financial Management Services.$72,461Agricultural Business and Management.$69,969Agricultural Mechanization.$69,696Accounting and Related Services.$69,480Special Education and Teaching.$68,891Management Information Systems and Services.$67,102Education, Other.$65,180Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$64,598Educational Administration and Supervision.$64,167Library Science and Administration.$62,589Human Resources Management and Services.$61,587Business Administration, Management and Operations.$60,416Curriculum and Instruction.$60,004Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$58,845Mathematics.$58,286Agriculture, General.$58,269
Showing top 24 of 55 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
55 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Curriculum and Instruction.$60,004Educational Administration and Supervision.$64,167Special Education and Teaching.$68,891Educational Administration and Supervision.$82,747Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$64,598Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$55,900Education, Other.$65,180
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
LIBRARY SCIENCE · CIP 25
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business/Commerce, General.$53,488Accounting and Related Services.$69,480Finance and Financial Management Services.$72,461Business Administration, Management and Operations.$60,416Marketing.$56,755Business Administration, Management and Operations.$99,411Human Resources Management and Services.$61,587Management Information Systems and Services.$67,102International Business.$56,546Accounting and Related Services.$99,805Business/Managerial Economics.$48,386Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations.$55,164
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Sam Houston 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
$239,430
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,419
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 43
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
“Sam Houston State University graduates earn $X” — not “Sam Houston State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Sam Houston 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.