+22%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Montclair State University rose 21% between 2021 and 2024 ($21.4k → $26.0k).
New Jersey · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Montclair State University
Montclair, New Jersey. 17,677 undergraduate students. 174 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Montclair 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 Montclair State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
+20%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Montclair State University rose 20% between 2021 and 2024 ($13.3k → $15.9k).
+15%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Montclair State University rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 (16.0k → 18.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New Jersey
Each tile compares this institution to the New Jersey median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$61,415+28% · 6→10y
New Jersey median $46,742$47,944
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry64.3%+29% · '97→'24
New Jersey median 62.0%$17,500+259% · '97→'20
At program completion17,677+97% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS79.7%-7% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time87.4%-9% · '01→'09
latest cohort$14,766+227% · '00→'24
out-of-state $24,126SECTION 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
3.8%Median federal debt $17,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $61,415 (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.
+29%
Montclair State University · completion · 150% rose
50.0% → 64.7%
+167%
Montclair State University · completion · 100% rose
11.1% → 29.5%
+97%
Montclair State University · undergrad enrollment rose
9,341 → 18,376
+227%
Montclair State University · in-state tuition rose
$4,863 → $15,912
+268%
Montclair State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,076 → $26,022
+259%
Montclair State University · median debt rose
$6,125 → $22,000
-100%
Montclair State University · cohort default rate fell
6.2% → 0.0%
+77%
Montclair State University · pell share rose
26.5% → 47.0%
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.$126,613Accounting and Related Services.$110,692Accounting and Related Services.$89,450Computer and Information Sciences, General.$89,204Educational Administration and Supervision.$88,929Educational Administration and Supervision.$79,135Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$78,053Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$76,744Business Administration, Management and Operations.$71,037Social Work.$68,177Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$67,891Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.$65,566Communication and Media Studies.$64,298Education, General.$64,132Special Education and Teaching.$63,727Biology, General.$63,209Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$62,928Mathematics.$60,997Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$60,449Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services.$60,325History.$59,040Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$58,589Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.$58,459Political Science and Government.$58,252
Showing top 24 of 41 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
41 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
Educational Administration and Supervision.$88,929Education, General.$64,132Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$62,928Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$58,589Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$57,234Special Education and Teaching.$63,727Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$78,053Educational Administration and Supervision.$79,135
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Montclair 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
$526,132
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,990
- HS-only baseline · NJ
- $41,700
- 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 New Jersey
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Montclair State University graduates earn $X” — not “Montclair State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Montclair 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.