Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies
Fayette, MO · official site ↗
vs. 101 peers in its group
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies is a private nonprofit institution in Fayette, MO, classified by Carnegie as “Master's, Small Programs.”
It enrolls about 2,092 undergraduates and is benchmarked here against 101 peer institutions (Master's, Small Programs · Private nonprofit).
On Ibex's Financial Resilience score it rates 6 out of 100 within that peer group, a transparent composite of endowment per undergraduate, net tuition revenue per student, and instructional spend per student.
Its strongest standing relative to peers is return on credential (0.55×, 100th percentile).
Its weakest is graduation rate (4-yr on-time · first-time, full-time) (0%).
Ibex's cross-metric scan flags: First-year retention 53% (below 60%).
Master's, Small Programs · Private nonprofit
101 institutions
How exposed Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies is to the structural shifts reshaping higher ed: a composite structural-risk index plus the 2025 federal budget law’s endowment excise tax and Grad PLUS elimination and the demographic enrollment cliff. Only signals that apply to this institution are shown.
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Composite of four ratios on a strength-factor scale (−4 weak → 10 strong): below 3 falls short of the threshold for financial health, below 1 signals acute stress, and above 6 is strong. Computed from IPEDS FY2022-23, the most recent finance release (it lags the current year by 2–3 years). Branch campuses that report finances at a parent/system level can show distorted ratios. For informational benchmarking, not a credit rating or financial advice.
Reported at parent/system level — reflects Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Tuition & fees is the largest single source at 53% of revenue.
Where each dollar of revenue comes from, as a share of total positive revenue. Sources are standardized across public (GASB) and private (FASB) reporting; a net investment loss in a down market is shown as 0% and excluded from the mix.
0% graduate within 6 years (150% of normal time)
0% on-time, within 4 years (100%)
Counts only students who entered full-time as first-time freshmen and earned a bachelor's here — the conventional headline rate. Excludes part-time entrants and transfer-ins.
64.8% earned a degree or certificate within 8 years (IPEDS Outcome Measures)
The broader cohort — also counts part-time entrants and transfer-ins, and any credential. More inclusive, so it can run higher than the graduation rate.
Why two numbers? They measure different students over different windows, so they are not directly comparable. The graduation rate is the standard federal headline but tracks only first-time, full-time students through a bachelor's; the all-students completion rate adds the part-time and transfer students it leaves out, over a longer window. Read each for what it covers. Source: U.S. Department of Education — IPEDS Graduation Rates & Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard.
Undergraduate enrollment by race and ethnicity, as reported to IPEDS (College Scorecard). “International” denotes nonresident students; “Unknown” means race/ethnicity was not reported.
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies’s largest fields by completions, with graduate earnings (4 years out) and debt benchmarked against the same field at its peer group. Sparklines show the 8-year completions trend.
| Field | Completions / yr | Median earnings, 4 yrs out | Median debt | Earnings premium | Risk score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Professions & Clinical Sciences | 199 | $85,140 78th pct · 54 peers | — | Above benchmark +138% | Moderate · 37 |
| Education | 173 | $36,375 8th pct · 52 peers | — | Above benchmark +2% | Moderate · 36 |
| Business, Management & Marketing | 102 | $51,882 14th pct · 80 peers | — | Above benchmark +45% | Moderate · 34 |
| Psychology | 33 | $42,219 13th pct · 45 peers | — | Above benchmark +18% | Moderate · 58 |
| Computer & Information Sciences | 18 | $59,648 20th pct · 15 peers | — | Above benchmark +67% | Low · 3 |
| Family & Consumer Sciences | 17 | $39,671 | — | Above benchmark +11% | Moderate · 58 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 14 | $51,637 82th pct · 11 peers | — | Above benchmark +44% | Low · 0 |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting | 10 | $45,805 10th pct · 30 peers | — | Above benchmark +28% | Moderate · 49 |
| English Language & Literature | 5 | — | — | — | Low · 0 |
| Communication & Journalism | 4 | — | — | — | — |
All 8 top fields shown clear the MO state earnings-premium benchmark (indicative).
Earnings-premium status is an indicative estimate: median graduate earnings four years out vs the MO state median earnings of a high-school graduate (undergraduate credentials) or a bachelor’s-degree holder (graduate credentials) from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2022 ACS 5-year). The official U.S. Department of Education determination uses its own cohort definition and may differ.
The risk score (0–100) is an indicative blend of earnings-premium margin and the five-year completions trend—higher means a field pays closer to (or below) the benchmark and is shrinking. A directional screen, not an official determination.
See the interactive dashboard for all fields and credential levels (associate through doctoral). Source: College Scorecard Field of Study.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent releases), with the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Employment Projections, field-demand outlook) and WICHE (enrollment-cliff projections). Figures lag the current academic year by roughly two to three years. Percentiles and medians are computed within the institution's peer group. Financial Resilience is a transparent composite — see each component above. Compiled by Ibex Insights.
