+16%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Fordham University rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($56.2k → $64.9k).
New York · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Fordham
Bronx, New York. 10,239 undergraduate students. 177 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Fordham
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 Fordham University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.1% → 0.0%).
+16%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Fordham University rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($56.2k → $64.9k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Fordham 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.
$85,569+26% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917$68,008
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry80.3%+6% · '97→'24
New York median 64.2%$20,500+112% · '97→'20
At program completion10,239+92% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS87.6%-2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time56.3%+7% · '01→'24
latest cohort$61,992+212% · '00→'24
out-of-state $61,992SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Fordham 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 Fordham
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
3.2%Median federal debt $20,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $85,569 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Fordham 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.
+92%
Fordham · undergrad enrollment rose
5,478 → 10,512
+212%
Fordham · in-state tuition rose
$20,785 → $64,915
+212%
Fordham · out-of-state tuition rose
$20,785 → $64,915
+112%
Fordham · median debt rose
$11,455 → $24,300
-100%
Fordham · cohort default rate fell
4.6% → 0.0%
+44%
Fordham · earnings_median_10yr rose
$59,500 → $85,569
+46%
Fordham · earnings_median_8yr rose
$51,500 → $75,002
+55%
Fordham · earnings_median_6yr rose
$44,000 → $68,008
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Fordham 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.
Law$204,090Finance and Financial Management Services$201,439Business Administration, Management and Operations$162,904Finance and Financial Management Services$133,923Accounting and Related Services$128,727Taxation$124,228Educational Administration and Supervision$116,124Economics$115,581Computer and Information Sciences, General$112,394Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$106,702Accounting and Related Services$106,654Computer and Information Sciences, General$98,888General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations$96,059Philosophy$93,875Business Administration, Management and Operations$92,488Economics$90,012Mathematics$86,926Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$86,920Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$86,055Religion/Religious Studies$85,741Biology, General$79,720Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$79,461Special Education and Teaching$79,207Political Science and Government$77,828
Showing top 24 of 43 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
43 Fordham 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
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES · CIP 38
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Finance and Financial Management Services$133,923Business Administration, Management and Operations$92,488Business Administration, Management and Operations$162,904Accounting and Related Services$106,654Accounting and Related Services$128,727Taxation$124,228Finance and Financial Management Services$201,439General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations$96,059
HISTORY · CIP 54
AREA, ETHNIC & CULTURAL STUDIES · CIP 05
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Fordham
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
$279,133
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 21
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $38,039
- HS-only baseline · NY
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 44
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 Fordham in New York
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Fordham graduates earn $X” — not “Fordham makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Fordham 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.