+22%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at West Texas A & M University rose 22% between 2006 and 2009 ($6.1k → $7.5k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
West Texas A & M University
Canyon, Texas. 6,771 undergraduate students. 89 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at West Texas A & M 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.
+21%
First-year retention
First-year retention at West Texas A & M University rose 21% between 2021 and 2024 (57.6% → 69.6%).
+21%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at West Texas A & M University rose 21% between 2021 and 2024 (45.7% → 55.0%).
+13%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at West Texas A & M University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (28.7% → 32.4%).
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.
$50,741+14% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$44,399
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry47.3%+73% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$12,620+88% · '97→'09
At program completion6,771+27% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS67.2%+5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time97.4%+125% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,101+254% · '00→'24
out-of-state $10,996SECTION 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
3.3%Median federal debt $12,620 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $50,741 (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.
+73%
West Texas A & M University · completion · 150% rose
31.8% → 55.0%
+227%
West Texas A & M University · completion · 100% rose
9.9% → 32.4%
+27%
West Texas A & M University · undergrad enrollment rose
5,460 → 6,917
+254%
West Texas A & M University · in-state tuition rose
$2,574 → $9,101
+88%
West Texas A & M University · median debt rose
$4,000 → $7,500
+33%
West Texas A & M University · pell share rose
31.0% → 41.1%
+26%
West Texas A & M University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$40,300 → $50,741
+31%
West Texas A & M University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$37,300 → $48,762
+30%
West Texas A & M University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$34,100 → $44,399
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 Science.$110,873Mechanical Engineering.$89,635Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$86,932Public Administration.$80,893Management Information Systems and Services.$74,184Business/Commerce, General.$65,668Accounting and Related Services.$62,003Animal Sciences.$61,368Agriculture, General.$59,749Marketing.$57,929Business Administration, Management and Operations.$56,472Agricultural Business and Management.$54,781Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$54,378Finance and Financial Management Services.$53,333Music.$51,184Biology, General.$50,767Agricultural Public Services.$50,270Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$49,680Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$49,345Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$47,706Social Work.$46,654Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.$46,179Criminal Justice and Corrections.$46,118Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.$44,812
Showing top 24 of 29 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
29 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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
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
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at West Texas A & M 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
$165,372
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 19
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $20,915
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- 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 Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“West Texas A & M University graduates earn $X” — not “West Texas A & M University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending West Texas A & M 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.