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The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA · official site ↗

Private nonprofitOther / Unclassified
60
Fin. Resilience
Resilience score

vs. 41 peers in its group

The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana is a private nonprofit institution in New Orleans, LA.

It is benchmarked here against 41 peer institutions (Other / Unclassified · Private nonprofit).

On Ibex's Financial Resilience score it rates 60 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 median earnings (10 yr) ($56,899, 100th percentile).

Its weakest is endowment (end of year) ($151,977).

Ibex's cross-metric scan flags: Endowment fell 68% (2023→2024).

Peer group

Other / Unclassified · Private nonprofit

41 institutions

Endowment fell 68% (2023→2024)
Policy & demographic exposure

How exposed The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana 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.

Enrollment cliff (home state)Projected change in the institution's home-state high-school graduates from 2025 to 2041 (WICHE). The U.S. total falls about 13%; a directional feeder-market signal, not an enrollment forecast.
-11.6%
Steep decline

Indicative signals, not forecasts — see each metric’s definition and the methodology. Endowment-tax and Grad PLUS figures appear only where the institution is actually exposed; “nationally” compares against all schools that report each signal.

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Financial Health Index
2.9
on a −4 to 10 scale
Financial Health IndexWatch

NACUBO Composite Financial Index — the balance-sheet health score accreditors and institutional boards use to gauge financial health; bond-rating agencies track similar ratios. reported at parent/system level — reflects The Chicago School at Chicago (excluded from rankings and peer percentiles). Carries little or no plant debt, so the viability ratio is excluded and weights re-normalized.

Primary reserve 55%0 mo
Return on net assets 30%10.9%
Operating result 15%11%

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.

Revenue composition
Where the money comes from $159.2M total revenue · IPEDS FY2022-23

Reported at parent/system level — reflects The Chicago School at Chicago.

Tuition & fees is the largest single source at 95% of revenue.

Tuition & fees94.6%
Investment return3.2%
Government grants & contracts1.4%
Other revenue0.6%
Private gifts & grants0.3%

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.

Financial Health
Net tuition revenue / FTETuition revenue per full-time-equivalent student after institutional aid/discounts — what tuition actually nets.
Strong
$25,318
89th percentile in peer grouppeer median $11,706
Instructional spend / FTESpending on instruction per FTE student — how much of the budget reaches the classroom.
Below peers
$7,606
30th percentile in peer grouppeer median $13,077
Endowment (end of year)Total endowment value at year end — long-term invested wealth that funds operations and cushions shocks.
Below peers
$151,977
11th percentile in peer grouppeer median $1.1M
Avg monthly faculty salaryAverage monthly salary of full-time faculty (IPEDS) — a proxy for faculty investment.
Strong
$7,239
75th percentile in peer grouppeer median $5,944
Average monthly salary of full-time faculty, as reported to IPEDS.
Endowment per FTE studentEndowment per full-time-equivalent student — the FTE-correct measure of endowment wealth per student.
Below peers
$3,377
22nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $16,105
End-of-year endowment ÷ 12-month FTE enrollment — endowment wealth per full-time-equivalent student. The FTE-correct companion to endowment-per-undergraduate; FTE counts graduate and part-time load, so research universities look less wealthy on this basis than on a headcount basis.
Operating marginNet surplus as a share of total revenue — whether the institution runs in the black.
Strong
10.6%
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects The Chicago School at Chicago. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Tuition dependencyTuition's share of total revenue — how exposed the budget is to enrollment swings.
94.6%
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects The Chicago School at Chicago. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Tuition discount rateInstitutional grant aid as a share of gross tuition (IPEDS, private nonprofits only) — the tuition-discount rate. The share of sticker tuition handed back as aid; a high rate (the national average is ~56%) signals heavy price competition for students.
Moderate
3.5%
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects The Chicago School at Chicago. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
State appropriations shareState appropriations' share of total revenue — material for public institutions, near zero for private.
0%
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects The Chicago School at Chicago. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Administrative cost shareInstitutional support (central administration, governance, general administration, fundraising, and under FASB the operation & maintenance of plant) as a share of total expenses — private nonprofit (FASB) institutions only, where the figure is comparable. An informational gauge of administrative intensity, not a measure of waste.
37%
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects The Chicago School at Chicago. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Months of operating cushionMonths of operating expenses covered by expendable reserves — the institution's cash cushion.
Thin
0 mo
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects The Chicago School at Chicago. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Return on net assetsChange in net assets over the year — whether the institution grew wealthier.
Strong
10.9%
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects The Chicago School at Chicago. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Enrollment & Pipeline
12-month FTE enrollmentFull-time-equivalent enrollment over the full year — the denominator for per-student finance measures.
45
41st percentile in peer grouppeer median 70
Full-time-equivalent enrollment over the full 12-month year (IPEDS 12-month enrollment, 2022-23). Counts part-time students at their fractional load, so it runs above fall full-time headcount and is the denominator used for per-student finance measures.
Enrollment cliff (home state)Projected change in the institution's home-state high-school graduates from 2025 to 2041 (WICHE). The U.S. total falls about 13%; a directional feeder-market signal, not an enrollment forecast.
Steep decline
-11.6%
— percentile in peer group
Projected change in the number of high-school graduates in the institution's HOME STATE from the class of 2025 (the national peak) to 2041, per WICHE's Knocking at the College Door, 11th Edition (Dec 2024). The 'enrollment cliff' is the post-2008 birth decline reaching college age; the U.S. total is projected to fall about 13% over this window. A college recruits from many states, so its home-state projection is an indicative directional signal of feeder-market pressure, not a forecast of that institution's own enrollment.
Student Outcomes & Risk
Median earnings (10 yr)Median earnings of former students ten years after first enrolling (working, federally-aided students).
Strong
$56,899
100th percentile in peer grouppeer median $46,573
Median debt at graduationMedian federal loan debt graduates carry at the point they complete.
Strong
$20,000
33rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $23,876
3-yr cohort default rateShare of borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment. Lower is better.
4.2%
— percentile in peer group
Share of borrowers who defaulted within three years of entering repayment (U.S. Dept. of Education official cohort default rate). Shown for the FY2017 borrower cohort — the most recent cohort whose full three-year default window closed before the 2020-23 federal student-loan payment pause. More recent cohorts are reported by the College Scorecard at essentially 0%, but that reflects the payment pause (no payments were due, so almost no one could default), not borrower health, so the pre-pause cohort is the last meaningful reading. Lower is better.
Debt-to-earnings ratioMedian graduate debt divided by median earnings — how heavy the debt load is versus what graduates earn. Lower is better.
Strong
0.35×
17th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.45×
Top fields of study (all levels)

The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana’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.

FieldCompletions / yrMedian earnings, 4 yrs outMedian debtEarnings premiumRisk score
Psychology9————

Earnings-premium status is an indicative estimate: median graduate earnings four years out vs the LA 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.

Frequently asked
How financially healthy is The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana?
The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana does not file its own IPEDS finance survey — its finances are reported by its parent institution, The Chicago School at Chicago, which scores 2.9 (Watch) on the NACUBO Composite Financial Index (the −4 to 10 balance-sheet score accreditors and boards use), computed from IPEDS FY2022-23 finances. This parent-level figure is informational benchmarking, not a credit rating.
How much do The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana graduates earn?
Median earnings ten years after entry are $56,899 (College Scorecard), measured across students who received federal aid.
Which schools are The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana's peers?
The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana is benchmarked against 41 institutions in the Other / Unclassified · Private nonprofit peer group; all percentiles and medians on this page are computed within that group.
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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.