+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Maine College of Art & Design rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($38.7k → $42.9k).
Maine · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Maine College of Art & Design
Portland, Maine. 415 undergraduate students. 8 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Maine College of Art & Design
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 Maine College of Art & Design fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Maine College of Art & Design rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($38.7k → $42.9k).
+68%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at Maine College of Art & Design are 68% above 6-year earnings ($24.3k → $40.8k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Maine
Each tile compares this institution to the Maine median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$40,778+68% · 6→10y
Maine median $44,433$24,333
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry48.7%+9% · '97→'24
Maine median 56.4%$19,000+157% · '97→'20
At program completion415+32% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.9%+5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time77.5%-14% · '01→'24
latest cohort$41,398+143% · '00→'24
out-of-state $41,398SECTION 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
6.2%Median federal debt $19,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $40,778 (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.
+32%
Maine College of Art & Design · undergrad enrollment rose
314 → 415
+143%
Maine College of Art & Design · in-state tuition rose
$17,658 → $42,942
+143%
Maine College of Art & Design · out-of-state tuition rose
$17,658 → $42,942
+157%
Maine College of Art & Design · median debt rose
$10,500 → $27,000
-100%
Maine College of Art & Design · cohort default rate fell
8.9% → 0.0%
+48%
Maine College of Art & Design · earnings_median_10yr rose
$27,600 → $40,778
+25%
Maine College of Art & Design · earnings_median_8yr rose
$25,700 → $32,039
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
2 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Maine College of Art & Design
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
-$161,685
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
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Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $34,323
- HS-only baseline · ME
- $36,200
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 50
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 Maine
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Maine College of Art & Design graduates earn $X” — not “Maine College of Art & Design makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Maine College of Art & Design 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.