+15%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Longwood University rose 15% between 2017 and 2020 ($21.8k → $25.0k).
Virginia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Longwood University
Farmville, Virginia. 2,957 undergraduate students. 37 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Longwood 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Longwood University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.6% → 0.0%).
-5pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 5 pp at Longwood University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (61.6% vs 66.6%).
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.
$52,347+14% · 6→10y
Virginia median $44,813$46,058
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry61.6%+4% · '97→'24
Virginia median 50.7%$19,000+152% · '97→'20
At program completion2,957+4% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.8%+4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time84.8%+16% · '01→'24
latest cohort$15,200+293% · '00→'24
out-of-state $27,410SECTION 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
4.8%Median federal debt $19,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $52,347 (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.
+35%
Longwood University · completion · 100% rose
35.2% → 47.6%
+293%
Longwood University · in-state tuition rose
$4,003 → $15,744
+195%
Longwood University · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,474 → $27,978
+152%
Longwood University · median debt rose
$9,910 → $25,000
-100%
Longwood University · cohort default rate fell
5.2% → 0.0%
+67%
Longwood University · pell share rose
16.6% → 27.7%
+20%
Longwood University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$43,600 → $52,347
+22%
Longwood University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$37,800 → $46,058
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.
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$77,415Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$72,752Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$64,319Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$58,281Criminal Justice and Corrections.$56,178Communication and Media Studies.$55,140Biology, General.$54,876Sociology.$53,416Education, General.$53,281Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$52,666Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$50,634English Language and Literature, General.$48,248Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$48,168History.$47,156Social Work.$46,849Psychology, General.$46,337Visual and Performing Arts, General.$45,564Political Science and Government.$44,651Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$43,047
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
19 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
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Longwood 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
$671,723
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,489
- 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
“Longwood University graduates earn $X” — not “Longwood University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Longwood 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.