-39%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 39% at Westminster University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (882 vs 1.4k).
Utah · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Westminster University
Salt Lake City, Utah. 882 undergraduate students. 93 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Westminster 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.
-29%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Westminster University fell 29% between 2021 and 2024 (1.2k → 823).
+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Westminster University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($39.2k → $43.5k).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Westminster University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($39.2k → $43.5k).
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.
$66,215+25% · 6→10y
Utah median $35,805$52,994
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry69.4%+30% · '97→'24
Utah median 69.4%$18,500+112% · '97→'20
At program completion882-42% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS75.9%-1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time68.8%-23% · '01→'24
latest cohort$41,416+224% · '00→'24
out-of-state $41,416SECTION 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
3.7%Median federal debt $18,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $66,215 (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.
+30%
Westminster University · completion · 150% rose
49.2% → 63.8%
+64%
Westminster University · completion · 100% rose
32.4% → 53.1%
-42%
Westminster University · undergrad enrollment fell
1,428 → 823
+224%
Westminster University · in-state tuition rose
$13,450 → $43,528
+224%
Westminster University · out-of-state tuition rose
$13,450 → $43,528
+112%
Westminster University · median debt rose
$10,500 → $22,250
-100%
Westminster University · cohort default rate fell
3.1% → 0.0%
+46%
Westminster University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$45,500 → $66,215
+45%
Westminster University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$40,000 → $58,021
+44%
Westminster University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,900 → $52,994
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$129,073Business Administration, Management and Operations.$119,963Communication and Media Studies.$98,552Accounting and Related Services.$92,877Finance and Financial Management Services.$84,788Public Health.$81,939Air Transportation.$80,220Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$76,552Business Administration, Management and Operations.$70,934Education, General.$67,010Marketing.$62,912Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$62,781Communication and Media Studies.$53,741Public Health.$52,380Psychology, General.$49,564Sociology.$46,148Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$44,612
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
17 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
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Westminster 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
$633,581
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,345
- HS-only baseline · UT
- $38,000
- 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 Utah
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Westminster University graduates earn $X” — not “Westminster University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Westminster 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.