-74%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Colby-Sawyer College fell 74% between 2021 and 2024 (56.0% → 14.5%).
New Hampshire · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Colby-Sawyer College
New London, New Hampshire. 778 undergraduate students. 30 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Colby-Sawyer College
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.
-84%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Colby-Sawyer College fell 84% between 2021 and 2024 (1.9% → 0.3%).
-11%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Colby-Sawyer College fell 11% between 2021 and 2024 (64.5% → 57.5%).
-59%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Colby-Sawyer College fell 59% between 2021 and 2024 ($46.3k → $19.1k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New Hampshire
Each tile compares this institution to the New Hampshire median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$46,474+23% · 6→10y
New Hampshire median $49,690$37,935
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry61.6%-0% · '97→'24
New Hampshire median 58.4%$19,500+173% · '97→'20
At program completion778+3% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.8%+2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time90.0%-8% · '01→'24
latest cohort$18,400+1% · '00→'24
out-of-state $18,400SECTION 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
5.6%Median federal debt $19,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $46,474 (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.
-69%
Colby-Sawyer College · completion · 100% fell
46.1% → 14.5%
+173%
Colby-Sawyer College · median debt rose
$9,875 → $27,000
-93%
Colby-Sawyer College · cohort default rate fell
4.1% → 0.3%
+25%
Colby-Sawyer College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$36,800 → $45,879
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$88,122Business Administration, Management and Operations.$74,976Public Health.$59,512Psychology, General.$56,721Communication and Media Studies.$55,217Sociology.$54,699Biology, General.$52,916Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$50,521Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$41,311
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Colby-Sawyer College
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
$812,187
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $19,084
- HS-only baseline · NH
- $40,300
- 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 New Hampshire
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Colby-Sawyer College graduates earn $X” — not “Colby-Sawyer College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Colby-Sawyer College 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.