-16%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at CUNY Queens College fell 16% between 2021 and 2024 (14.9k → 12.6k).
New York · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
CUNY Queens College
Queens, New York. 13,060 undergraduate students. 113 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at CUNY Queens 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at CUNY Queens College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.2% → 0.0%).
+17%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at CUNY Queens College rose 17% between 2021 and 2024 (27.9% → 32.6%).
-14%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at CUNY Queens College fell 14% between 2017 and 2020 ($12.0k → $10.3k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
CUNY Queens College earnings, debt, and completion vs. the New York median
Each tile compares this institution to the New York median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$62,763+29% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917$48,548
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry60.2%+43% · '97→'24
New York median 64.2%$8,580+115% · '97→'20
At program completion13,060+0% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS78.2%-3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time68.5%+16% · '01→'24
latest cohort$7,538+122% · '00→'24
out-of-state $15,488SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How CUNY Queens College 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 CUNY Queens College
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
1.8%Median federal debt $8,580 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $62,763 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
CUNY Queens College 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.
+43%
CUNY Queens College · completion · 150% rose
37.3% → 53.3%
+217%
CUNY Queens College · completion · 100% rose
10.3% → 32.6%
+122%
CUNY Queens College · in-state tuition rose
$3,403 → $7,538
+121%
CUNY Queens College · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,003 → $15,488
+115%
CUNY Queens College · median debt rose
$4,786 → $10,298
-100%
CUNY Queens College · cohort default rate fell
5.0% → 0.0%
+62%
CUNY Queens College · pell share rose
29.2% → 47.2%
+26%
CUNY Queens College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$50,000 → $62,763
+27%
CUNY Queens College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$43,600 → $55,518
+29%
CUNY Queens College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$37,700 → $48,548
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
CUNY Queens College 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.
Educational Administration and Supervision$139,670Computer Science$113,582Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$89,280Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$87,663Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language$85,929Special Education and Teaching$85,138Accounting and Related Services$83,222Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education$82,232Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$78,890Finance and Financial Management Services$77,085Student Counseling and Personnel Services$75,942Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$75,888International Business$75,249Mathematics$74,200Urban Studies/Affairs$72,009Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$71,831Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$70,636Accounting and Related Services$69,660Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$69,522Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$69,509Library Science and Administration$69,472Natural Resources Conservation and Research$67,283History$65,641Economics$64,765
Showing top 24 of 43 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
43 CUNY Queens College 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
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$89,280Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$69,509Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$78,890Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$69,522Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$75,888Special Education and Teaching$85,138Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language$85,929Student Counseling and Personnel Services$75,942Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language$63,945Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education$82,232Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$70,636Educational Administration and Supervision$139,670
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBRARY SCIENCE · CIP 25
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at CUNY Queens 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
$234,821
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,186
- HS-only baseline · NY
- $40,100
- 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
Institutions similar to CUNY Queens College in New York
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“CUNY Queens College graduates earn $X” — not “CUNY Queens College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending CUNY Queens 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.