-20%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Cleveland Institute of Art are 20% below the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($42.5k vs $53.3k).
Ohio · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, Ohio. 560 undergraduate students. 6 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Cleveland Institute of Art
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 Cleveland Institute of Art fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.1% → 0.0%).
8.3%
Debt-to-earnings
Debt-to-earnings ratio of 8.3% at Cleveland Institute of Art exceeds the 8% gainful-employment threshold ($26.5k debt amortized over 10 years vs $42.5k earnings).
-12%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Cleveland Institute of Art fell 12% between 2006 and 2009 (59.1% → 52.2%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Ohio
Each tile compares this institution to the Ohio median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$42,509+28% · 6→10y
Ohio median $41,039$33,148
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry67.5%-1% · '97→'09
Ohio median 62.5%$26,500+50% · '97→'20
At program completion560+17% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS86.4%+31% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time56.3%+112% · '01→'24
latest cohort$47,880+224% · '00→'24
out-of-state $47,880SECTION 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
8.3%Median federal debt $26,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,509 (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.
+31%
Cleveland Institute of Art · retention rose
67.0% → 87.8%
+224%
Cleveland Institute of Art · in-state tuition rose
$15,250 → $49,400
+224%
Cleveland Institute of Art · out-of-state tuition rose
$15,250 → $49,400
+50%
Cleveland Institute of Art · median debt rose
$18,000 → $27,000
-100%
Cleveland Institute of Art · cohort default rate fell
5.8% → 0.0%
+35%
Cleveland Institute of Art · pell share rose
31.3% → 42.2%
+20%
Cleveland Institute of Art · earnings_median_10yr rose
$35,400 → $42,509
+39%
Cleveland Institute of Art · earnings_median_6yr rose
$23,900 → $33,148
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Cleveland Institute of Art
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%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Design and Applied Arts · Bachelor's Degree at Cleveland Institute of Art(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
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 Ohio
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Cleveland Institute of Art graduates earn $X” — not “Cleveland Institute of Art makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Cleveland Institute of Art 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.