+10%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Hampden-Sydney College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($49.5k → $54.5k).
Virginia · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. 876 undergraduate students. 26 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Hampden-Sydney College
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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Hampden-Sydney College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.8% → 0.0%).
+10%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Hampden-Sydney College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($49.5k → $54.5k).
+28%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Hampden-Sydney College are 28% above the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($67.6k vs $52.7k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Virginia
Each tile compares this institution to the Virginia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$67,640+21% · 6→10y
Virginia median $44,813$55,846
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry65.3%+10% · '97→'24
Virginia median 50.7%$19,500+181% · '97→'20
At program completion876-1% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS85.0%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time50.1%-47% · '01→'24
latest cohort$52,388+217% · '00→'24
out-of-state $52,388SECTION 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
3.8%Median federal debt $19,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $67,640 (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.
+217%
Hampden-Sydney College · in-state tuition rose
$17,189 → $54,550
+217%
Hampden-Sydney College · out-of-state tuition rose
$17,189 → $54,550
+181%
Hampden-Sydney College · median debt rose
$9,237 → $26,000
-100%
Hampden-Sydney College · cohort default rate fell
5.3% → 0.0%
+97%
Hampden-Sydney College · pell share rose
11.5% → 22.6%
+30%
Hampden-Sydney College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$52,000 → $67,640
+42%
Hampden-Sydney College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$39,400 → $55,846
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
3 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Hampden-Sydney College
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
$806,696
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $23,831
- HS-only baseline · VA
- $39,800
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
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 Virginia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Hampden-Sydney College graduates earn $X” — not “Hampden-Sydney College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Hampden-Sydney College 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.