+26%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at The New School rose 26% between 2006 and 2009 ($28.6k → $36.0k).
New York · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
New School
New York, New York. 6,819 undergraduate students. 86 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at New School
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.
-16%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at The New School fell 16% between 2021 and 2024 (55.8% → 46.8%).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at The New School rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($52.5k → $58.7k).
-11%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at The New School fell 11% between 2021 and 2024 (7.4k → 6.6k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
New School 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.
$52,901+38% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917$38,210
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry71.2%+36% · '97→'24
New York median 64.2%$15,498+154% · '97→'20
At program completion6,819+99% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.7%+5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time62.5%+30% · '01→'24
latest cohort$56,386+59% · '00→'09
out-of-state $56,386SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How New School 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 New School
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
3.9%Median federal debt $15,498 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $52,901 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
New School 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.
+36%
New School · completion · 150% rose
50.9% → 69.4%
+29%
New School · completion · 100% rose
36.3% → 46.8%
+99%
New School · undergrad enrollment rose
3,306 → 6,563
+59%
New School · in-state tuition rose
$22,624 → $36,000
+159%
New School · out-of-state tuition rose
$22,624 → $58,694
+154%
New School · median debt rose
$8,750 → $22,266
-100%
New School · cohort default rate fell
6.8% → 0.0%
-26%
New School · pell share fell
20.4% → 15.0%
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
New School 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.
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$122,471Visual and Performing Arts, General$113,603Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management$96,194Public Policy Analysis$93,060Design and Applied Arts$89,284Architecture$88,984Sustainability Studies$78,614Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management$78,350Business Administration, Management and Operations$77,637International Relations and National Security Studies$72,561Fine and Studio Arts$69,584Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations$64,652Communication and Media Studies$61,791Design and Applied Arts$59,797Design and Applied Arts$56,224Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language$55,190Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$54,503Communication and Media Studies$54,079Film/Video and Photographic Arts$53,471International/Global Studies$45,612Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$41,609Music$35,564Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$24,596Music$23,875
Showing top 24 of 25 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
25 New School 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.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
Design and Applied Arts$59,797Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management$78,350Design and Applied Arts$56,224Music$23,875Music$35,564Film/Video and Photographic Arts$53,471Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$24,596Design and Applied Arts$89,284Fine and Studio Arts$69,584Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$18,882Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management$96,194Visual and Performing Arts, General$113,603
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at New School
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
$71,344
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 27
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $52,728
- HS-only baseline · NY
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 50
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 New School in New York
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“New School graduates earn $X” — not “New School makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending New School 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.