-25%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 25% at Thomas Edison State University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (6.7k vs 8.9k).
New Jersey · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Thomas Edison State University
Trenton, New Jersey. 6,685 undergraduate students. 87 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Thomas Edison 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 Thomas Edison State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
-22%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Thomas Edison State University fell 22% between 2021 and 2024 (8.6k → 6.7k).
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.
$69,331+6% · 6→10y
New Jersey median $46,742$65,570
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry—
New Jersey median 62.0%$7,813+363% · '97→'20
At program completion6,685-22% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,638+20% · '13→'24
out-of-state $8,598SECTION 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
1.5%Median federal debt $7,813 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $69,331 (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.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-22%
Thomas Edison State University · undergrad enrollment fell
8,575 → 6,707
+363%
Thomas Edison State University · median debt rose
$2,697 → $12,500
-100%
Thomas Edison State University · cohort default rate fell
6.5% → 0.0%
+375%
Thomas Edison State University · pell share rose
4.9% → 23.7%
+41%
Thomas Edison State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$49,100 → $69,331
+55%
Thomas Edison State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$42,300 → $65,570
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$124,981Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$102,164Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$99,603Business Administration, Management and Operations.$89,840Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$85,754Human Resources Management and Services.$85,616Educational Administration and Supervision.$82,321Business Administration, Management and Operations.$80,852Accounting and Related Services.$78,149Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$74,616Military Technologies and Applied Sciences, Other.$74,586Biological and Physical Sciences.$72,470Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$69,410Social Sciences, General.$62,477Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$62,351Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians, Other.$59,107Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$57,688Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$54,955
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
18 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
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 29
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Thomas Edison 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%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Bachelor's Degree at Thomas Edison State University(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 New Jersey
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Thomas Edison State University graduates earn $X” — not “Thomas Edison State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Thomas Edison 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.