New York · Private for-profit · Predominantly associate's

The College of Westchester

White Plains, New York. 760 undergraduate students. 18 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at The College of Westchester

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.

COMPLETION DROP · TRENDING WORSE-15pp

150%-time completion

150%-time completion fell 15 pp at The College of Westchester vs the 2003–2007 baseline (32.0% vs 47.3%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%

3-year cohort default rate

3-year cohort default rate at The College of Westchester fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.0%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+12%

Out-of-state tuition

Out-of-state tuition at The College of Westchester rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($22.4k → $25.2k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+59%

First-year retention

First-year retention at The College of Westchester rose 59% between 2021 and 2024 (50.0% → 79.3%).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. New York

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.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$42,215+28% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$32,951
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
32.0%+10% · '97→'09
New York median 64.2%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$16,875+406% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
760-30% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
61.0%+28% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
94.6%-6% · '01→'09
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$24,705+43% · '00→'09
out-of-state $24,705
SECTION 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).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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

5.3%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $16,875 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,215 (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.

UNDERGRAD · 19962024759
1,29674219962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997200943.1%
99%39%19972009
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020$26,967
$27,875$4,98019972020
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 100% · 20162024+34%

The College of Westchester · completion · 100% rose

27.7% → 37.0%

RETENTION · 20042024+28%

The College of Westchester · retention rose

62.0% → 79.3%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 19962024-30%

The College of Westchester · undergrad enrollment fell

1,077 → 759

IN-STATE TUITION · 20002009+43%

The College of Westchester · in-state tuition rose

$12,975 → $18,585

OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 20002024+94%

The College of Westchester · out-of-state tuition rose

$12,975 → $25,191

MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020+406%

The College of Westchester · median debt rose

$5,326 → $26,967

COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 20112024-100%

The College of Westchester · cohort default rate fell

14.5% → 0.0%

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at The College of Westchester

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
$40,851
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 27
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 27year 0year 39
Cost per year
$12,143
HS-only baseline · NY
$40,100
Years to complete
2
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.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

The College of Westchester graduates earn $X” — not “The College of Westchester makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending The College of Westchester 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.

Methodology →