+13%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Southern Connecticut State University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($11.9k → $13.4k).
Connecticut · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, Connecticut. 6,180 undergraduate students. 110 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Southern Connecticut State 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Southern Connecticut State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.7% → 0.0%).
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.
$55,043+21% · 6→10y
Connecticut median $57,515$45,422
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry47.8%+22% · '97→'24
Connecticut median 70.2%$15,000+324% · '97→'20
At program completion6,180-17% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS75.8%+8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time81.1%+28% · '01→'24
latest cohort$12,828+249% · '00→'24
out-of-state $26,104SECTION 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
3.6%Median federal debt $15,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $55,043 (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.
+22%
Southern Connecticut State University · completion · 150% rose
40.9% → 49.9%
+64%
Southern Connecticut State University · completion · 100% rose
18.8% → 30.7%
+249%
Southern Connecticut State University · in-state tuition rose
$3,846 → $13,438
+185%
Southern Connecticut State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,599 → $27,378
+324%
Southern Connecticut State University · median debt rose
$5,250 → $22,250
-100%
Southern Connecticut State University · cohort default rate fell
7.0% → 0.0%
+38%
Southern Connecticut State University · pell share rose
29.5% → 40.8%
+20%
Southern Connecticut State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$45,800 → $55,043
+24%
Southern Connecticut State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$41,600 → $51,736
+23%
Southern Connecticut State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,800 → $45,422
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.
Educational Administration and Supervision.$95,128Educational Administration and Supervision.$94,669Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$92,153Business Administration, Management and Operations.$89,060Computer and Information Sciences, General.$78,251Public Health.$73,555Social Work.$70,451Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$68,110Business Administration, Management and Operations.$67,809Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$67,435Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$66,245Library Science and Administration.$63,169Special Education and Teaching.$63,134Special Education and Teaching.$63,030Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$62,217Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$61,986Biology, General.$61,609Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$57,955Public Health.$57,386Social Work.$56,869Special Education and Teaching.$55,954Education, General.$54,984Education, General.$53,291Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$52,973
Showing top 24 of 34 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
34 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
Special Education and Teaching.$63,134Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$52,973Special Education and Teaching.$55,954Educational Administration and Supervision.$94,669Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$57,955Education, General.$54,984Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$61,986Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$66,245Special Education and Teaching.$63,030Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$62,217Education, General.$49,949Education, General.$53,291Educational Administration and Supervision.$95,128
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
LIBRARY SCIENCE · CIP 25
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Southern Connecticut State 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
$443,316
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,938
- HS-only baseline · CT
- $42,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
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
“Southern Connecticut State University graduates earn $X” — not “Southern Connecticut State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Southern Connecticut State 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.