-13%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Radford University fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (38.8% → 33.8%).
Virginia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Radford University
Radford, Virginia. 5,609 undergraduate students. 101 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Radford 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 Radford University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.8% → 0.0%).
-6pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 6 pp at Radford University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (49.6% vs 55.7%).
+13%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Radford University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (66.7% → 75.6%).
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.
$53,739+20% · 6→10y
Virginia median $44,813$44,830
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry49.6%-2% · '97→'24
Virginia median 50.7%$17,500+188% · '97→'20
At program completion5,609-17% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS72.7%-1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time90.6%+14% · '01→'24
latest cohort$12,286+325% · '00→'24
out-of-state $25,185SECTION 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
4.3%Median federal debt $17,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $53,739 (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.
+72%
Radford University · completion · 100% rose
19.7% → 33.8%
+325%
Radford University · in-state tuition rose
$2,950 → $12,548
+189%
Radford University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,864 → $25,633
+188%
Radford University · median debt rose
$8,323 → $24,000
-100%
Radford University · cohort default rate fell
5.1% → 0.0%
+113%
Radford University · pell share rose
17.4% → 37.1%
+25%
Radford University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$43,000 → $53,739
+23%
Radford University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,300 → $44,830
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.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$122,359Health and Medical Administrative Services.$99,078Computer Science.$95,921Finance and Financial Management Services.$85,810Information Science/Studies.$84,423Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$81,107Political Science and Government.$79,892Accounting and Related Services.$75,508Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$72,400Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$70,565Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$67,491Marketing.$66,071Educational Administration and Supervision.$65,198Economics.$63,478Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$62,029Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$60,400Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,217Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$59,040Health and Medical Administrative Services.$58,731Biology, General.$56,032Business Administration, Management and Operations.$55,706Social Work.$55,439Criminal Justice and Corrections.$54,397Communication and Media Studies.$53,692
Showing top 24 of 45 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
45 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
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
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
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$70,565Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$122,359Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$53,206Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$72,400Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$67,491Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$59,040Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$53,589Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$60,400Health and Medical Administrative Services.$99,078Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,217Health and Medical Administrative Services.$58,731Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$62,029Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$81,107
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Radford 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
$516,674
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $14,533
- HS-only baseline · VA
- $39,800
- 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 Virginia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Radford University graduates earn $X” — not “Radford University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Radford 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.