-34%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Cambridge College fell 34% between 2021 and 2024 (803 → 532).
Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Cambridge College
Boston, Massachusetts. 591 undergraduate students. 63 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Cambridge College
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.
-25%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 25% at Cambridge College vs the 2018–2022 baseline (591 vs 784).
+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Cambridge College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($16.4k → $18.4k).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Cambridge College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($16.4k → $18.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Massachusetts
Each tile compares this institution to the Massachusetts median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$45,998-7% · 6→10y
Massachusetts median $56,022$49,215
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry12.5%-65% · '01→'24
Massachusetts median 66.5%$14,917+501% · '97→'20
At program completion591+174% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—+2% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$18,072+70% · '01→'24
out-of-state $18,072SECTION 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
4.3%Median federal debt $14,917 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $45,998 (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.
-65%
Cambridge College · completion · 150% fell
31.5% → 11.1%
+169%
Cambridge College · undergrad enrollment rose
194 → 532
+70%
Cambridge College · in-state tuition rose
$10,800 → $18,378
+70%
Cambridge College · out-of-state tuition rose
$10,800 → $18,378
+501%
Cambridge College · median debt rose
$3,625 → $21,791
-100%
Cambridge College · cohort default rate fell
10.7% → 0.0%
+25%
Cambridge College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$38,500 → $48,185
+34%
Cambridge College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,800 → $49,215
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.
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$80,468Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$73,354Education, General.$72,586Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$68,862Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$65,784Business Administration, Management and Operations.$64,869Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$62,841Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$62,550Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$57,408Psychology, General.$52,144Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General.$51,218Special Education and Teaching.$43,966Human Services, General.$43,032
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
13 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Cambridge College
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 Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree at Cambridge College(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 Massachusetts
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Cambridge College graduates earn $X” — not “Cambridge College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Cambridge College 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.