-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Utah Tech University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.1% → 0.0%).
Utah · Public · Predominantly certificates
Utah Tech University
Saint George, Utah. 8,320 undergraduate students. 93 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Utah Tech 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.
+27%
Public certificate-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Utah Tech University are 27% above the public certificate-predominant peer median ($44.6k vs $35.0k).
+17%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at Utah Tech University are 17% above 6-year earnings ($38.0k → $44.6k).
+15%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Utah Tech University rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 (58.9% → 67.9%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Utah
Each tile compares this institution to the Utah median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$44,570+17% · 6→10y
Utah median $35,805$37,959
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry34.2%+11% · '97→'24
Utah median 69.4%$7,191+471% · '97→'20
At program completion8,320+173% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS63.0%+41% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,074+326% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,644SECTION 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
2.1%Median federal debt $7,191 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $44,570 (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.
-26%
Utah Tech University · completion · 100% fell
22.2% → 16.4%
+41%
Utah Tech University · retention rose
48.0% → 67.9%
+173%
Utah Tech University · undergrad enrollment rose
3,132 → 8,552
+326%
Utah Tech University · in-state tuition rose
$1,480 → $6,306
+233%
Utah Tech University · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,476 → $18,246
+471%
Utah Tech University · median debt rose
$2,625 → $15,000
-100%
Utah Tech University · cohort default rate fell
11.0% → 0.0%
+40%
Utah Tech University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$31,800 → $44,570
+39%
Utah Tech University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,100 → $41,730
+53%
Utah Tech University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$24,800 → $37,959
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.$86,367Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$85,622Business Administration, Management and Operations.$73,562Accounting and Related Services.$68,044Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$67,517Biology, General.$67,219Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$64,846Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,701Communication and Media Studies.$53,376Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$43,796Psychology, General.$42,912English Language and Literature, General.$40,629Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$38,181Fine and Studio Arts.$37,147Criminal Justice and Corrections.$33,047
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
15 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
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
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 Utah Tech 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
$17,048
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 32
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $14,697
- HS-only baseline · UT
- $38,000
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
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 Utah
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Utah Tech University graduates earn $X” — not “Utah Tech University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Utah Tech 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.