-24%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Columbus College of Art & Design are 24% below the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($40.7k vs $53.3k).
Ohio · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Columbus College of Art & Design
Columbus, Ohio. 891 undergraduate students. 7 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Columbus College of Art & Design
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 Columbus College of Art & Design fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.5% → 0.0%).
-13%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Columbus College of Art & Design fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (55.1% → 48.0%).
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.
$40,664+33% · 6→10y
Ohio median $41,039$30,590
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry61.3%+75% · '97→'09
Ohio median 62.5%$20,500+151% · '97→'20
At program completion891-35% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS73.3%+2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time71.7%-14% · '01→'24
latest cohort$39,650+181% · '00→'24
out-of-state $39,650SECTION 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
6.7%Median federal debt $20,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $40,664 (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.
+75%
Columbus College of Art & Design · completion · 150% rose
33.6% → 58.6%
+147%
Columbus College of Art & Design · completion · 100% rose
19.4% → 48.0%
-35%
Columbus College of Art & Design · undergrad enrollment fell
1,351 → 882
+181%
Columbus College of Art & Design · in-state tuition rose
$14,520 → $40,825
+181%
Columbus College of Art & Design · out-of-state tuition rose
$14,520 → $40,825
+151%
Columbus College of Art & Design · median debt rose
$10,750 → $27,000
-100%
Columbus College of Art & Design · cohort default rate fell
7.7% → 0.0%
+39%
Columbus College of Art & Design · earnings_median_10yr rose
$29,200 → $40,664
+44%
Columbus College of Art & Design · earnings_median_8yr rose
$26,000 → $37,503
+25%
Columbus College of Art & Design · earnings_median_6yr rose
$24,500 → $30,590
SECTION 05 · 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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
5 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Columbus College of Art & Design
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
-$97,562
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $31,007
- HS-only baseline · OH
- $36,400
- 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
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
“Columbus College of Art & Design graduates earn $X” — not “Columbus College of Art & Design makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Columbus College of Art & Design 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.