-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Quinnipiac University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.2% → 0.0%).
Connecticut · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut. 6,208 undergraduate students. 98 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Quinnipiac University
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.
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Connecticut
Each tile compares this institution to the Connecticut median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$83,759+27% · 6→10y
Connecticut median $57,515$65,744
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry77.3%+20% · '02→'24
Connecticut median 70.2%$21,500+121% · '97→'20
At program completion6,208+70% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS86.7%+5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time77.0%-2% · '01→'24
latest cohort$53,090+212% · '00→'24
out-of-state $53,090SECTION 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
3.4%Median federal debt $21,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $83,759 (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.
+36%
Quinnipiac University · completion · 100% rose
52.5% → 71.4%
+70%
Quinnipiac University · undergrad enrollment rose
3,843 → 6,531
+212%
Quinnipiac University · in-state tuition rose
$17,780 → $55,480
+212%
Quinnipiac University · out-of-state tuition rose
$17,780 → $55,480
+121%
Quinnipiac University · median debt rose
$11,740 → $26,000
-75%
Quinnipiac University · cohort default rate fell
1.5% → 0.0%
+91%
Quinnipiac University · pell share rose
8.5% → 16.2%
+37%
Quinnipiac University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$61,200 → $83,759
+35%
Quinnipiac University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$57,500 → $77,840
+29%
Quinnipiac University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$51,100 → $65,744
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.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$182,120Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies.$148,658Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$139,584Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences.$112,888Human Resources Management and Services.$108,830Business Administration, Management and Operations.$104,118Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$98,844Law.$96,800Accounting and Related Services.$96,742Information Science/Studies.$93,312Finance and Financial Management Services.$93,070International Business.$87,474Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$86,338Educational Administration and Supervision.$86,149Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$86,132Computer Software and Media Applications.$84,242Business Administration, Management and Operations.$81,675Biology, General.$79,316Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$78,686Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$77,782Political Science and Government.$76,871Education, General.$75,262Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.$73,088Social Work.$71,181
Showing top 24 of 33 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
33 programs with earnings, grouped
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
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$77,782Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$98,844Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$78,686Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$86,338Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$182,120Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies.$148,658Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$86,132Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$139,584
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Quinnipiac University
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
$530,627
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $34,111
- HS-only baseline · CT
- $42,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- 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.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Connecticut
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Quinnipiac University graduates earn $X” — not “Quinnipiac University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Quinnipiac University 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.