+14%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Brandeis University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($60.0k → $68.1k).
Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Brandeis
Waltham, Massachusetts. 3,663 undergraduate students. 98 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Brandeis
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 Brandeis University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.6% → 0.0%).
+14%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Brandeis University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($60.0k → $68.1k).
+46%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at Brandeis University are 46% above 6-year earnings ($53.0k → $77.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Brandeis earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Massachusetts median
Each tile compares this institution to the Massachusetts median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$77,231+46% · 6→10y
Massachusetts median $56,022$52,967
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry86.1%+7% · '97→'24
Massachusetts median 66.5%$23,250+77% · '97→'20
At program completion3,663+22% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS90.3%-0% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time35.3%-0% · '01→'24
latest cohort$64,946+151% · '01→'24
out-of-state $64,946SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Brandeis 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 at Brandeis
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
4.0%Median federal debt $23,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $77,231 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Brandeis enrollment, completion, and debt over time
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.
+22%
Brandeis · undergrad enrollment rose
2,964 → 3,618
+151%
Brandeis · in-state tuition rose
$27,076 → $68,080
+151%
Brandeis · out-of-state tuition rose
$27,076 → $68,080
+77%
Brandeis · median debt rose
$14,500 → $25,648
-95%
Brandeis · cohort default rate fell
1.9% → 0.0%
+38%
Brandeis · earnings_median_8yr rose
$50,500 → $69,857
+27%
Brandeis · earnings_median_6yr rose
$41,800 → $52,967
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Brandeis 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.
Computer Science$132,874Business Administration, Management and Operations$101,472Economics$100,387Business/Commerce, General$96,146Economics$95,221Public Policy Analysis$91,095Political Science and Government$75,110Mathematics$73,764International/Global Studies$69,903Chemistry$69,682Public Policy Analysis$68,486Biology, General$66,306History$64,484Sociology$63,066Area Studies$62,806Anthropology$57,854Neurobiology and Neurosciences$57,832Psychology, General$56,557Film/Video and Photographic Arts$50,720Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$49,873English Language and Literature, General$49,384Natural Resources Conservation and Research$48,378Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$47,895
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
23 Brandeis programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
AREA, ETHNIC & CULTURAL STUDIES · CIP 05
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Brandeis
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
$681,901
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $17,974
- HS-only baseline · MA
- $42,600
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 45
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
Institutions similar to Brandeis in Massachusetts
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Brandeis graduates earn $X” — not “Brandeis makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Brandeis 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.