-33%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Lesley University fell 33% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7k → 1.1k).
Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Lesley University
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1,252 undergraduate students. 74 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Lesley 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.
-31%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 31% at Lesley University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (1.3k vs 1.8k).
+16%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Lesley University rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($29.6k → $34.3k).
+16%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Lesley University rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($29.6k → $34.3k).
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.
$51,173+27% · 6→10y
Massachusetts median $56,022$40,150
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry61.7%+24% · '01→'24
Massachusetts median 66.5%$15,000+100% · '97→'20
At program completion1,252-15% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS76.9%-14% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time94.4%+16% · '01→'24
latest cohort$32,780+110% · '00→'24
out-of-state $32,780SECTION 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
3.9%Median federal debt $15,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $51,173 (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.
+24%
Lesley University · completion · 150% rose
46.9% → 58.0%
-14%
Lesley University · retention fell
85.0% → 73.5%
+110%
Lesley University · in-state tuition rose
$16,300 → $34,256
+110%
Lesley University · out-of-state tuition rose
$16,300 → $34,256
+100%
Lesley University · median debt rose
$10,500 → $21,000
-100%
Lesley University · cohort default rate fell
4.2% → 0.0%
+54%
Lesley University · pell share rose
13.4% → 20.7%
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.
Education, General.$82,665Business Administration, Management and Operations.$76,642Special Education and Teaching.$68,653Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$67,360Education, Other.$65,874Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$61,482Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$60,443Education, General.$60,386English Language and Literature, General.$58,722Psychology, General.$55,286Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$54,774Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$54,738Design and Applied Arts.$51,256Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$49,560Research and Experimental Psychology.$46,640Film/Video and Photographic Arts.$44,851Fine and Studio Arts.$43,000Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$41,991Fine and Studio Arts.$38,437Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$37,868
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
20 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
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$60,443Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$67,360Special Education and Teaching.$68,653Education, Other.$65,874Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$54,738Education, General.$60,386Education, General.$82,665
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Lesley 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
$12,496
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 37
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $31,594
- HS-only baseline · MA
- $42,600
- Years to complete
- 6
- 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 Massachusetts
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Lesley University graduates earn $X” — not “Lesley University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Lesley 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.