+14%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Kean University rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($12.6k → $14.3k).
New Jersey · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Kean University
Union, New Jersey. 10,842 undergraduate students. 87 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Kean University
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 Kean University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.1% → 0.0%).
+14%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Kean University rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($19.8k → $22.4k).
-6pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 6 pp at Kean University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (43.4% vs 48.9%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New Jersey
Each tile compares this institution to the New Jersey median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$57,237+23% · 6→10y
New Jersey median $46,742$46,603
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry43.4%+16% · '97→'24
New Jersey median 62.0%$17,199+279% · '97→'20
At program completion10,842+25% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS75.4%+1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time76.9%+26% · '01→'09
latest cohort$13,426+210% · '00→'24
out-of-state $21,076SECTION 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
4.0%Median federal debt $17,199 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $57,237 (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.
+118%
Kean University · completion · 100% rose
8.7% → 18.8%
+25%
Kean University · undergrad enrollment rose
9,134 → 11,433
+210%
Kean University · in-state tuition rose
$4,613 → $14,299
+251%
Kean University · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,395 → $22,446
+279%
Kean University · median debt rose
$6,131 → $23,250
-100%
Kean University · cohort default rate fell
7.5% → 0.0%
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.$122,124Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$104,865Business Administration, Management and Operations.$93,669Educational Administration and Supervision.$82,931Computer and Information Sciences, General.$79,757Finance and Financial Management Services.$72,320Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$70,770Special Education and Teaching.$68,971Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$68,415Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$68,398Marketing.$68,358Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$67,144Biology, General.$66,502Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$66,297Public Administration.$65,532Accounting and Related Services.$64,843Business Administration, Management and Operations.$64,165Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$63,776Mathematics.$63,214Social Work.$61,180Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management.$59,761Criminal Justice and Corrections.$59,246Design and Applied Arts.$59,125Special Education and Teaching.$58,792
Showing top 24 of 41 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
41 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$57,876Special Education and Teaching.$68,971Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$66,297Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$63,776Special Education and Teaching.$58,792Educational Administration and Supervision.$82,931Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$70,770Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$68,415
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$104,865Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$67,144Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$56,531Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$122,124
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Kean University
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
$46,242
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 27
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $12,503
- HS-only baseline · NJ
- $41,700
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 42
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 Jersey
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Kean University graduates earn $X” — not “Kean University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Kean University 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.