CIP 4501 · Bachelor's Degree · Thomas Edison State University

Social Sciences, General at Thomas Edison State University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Thomas Edison State University. 172 completers in the most recent 4-year window (151 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $62,477.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$62,477
New Jersey CIP-4 median $55,774
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$58,097
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$15,312
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
172
151 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Thomas Edison State University

3.3%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $15,312 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $62,477.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

3.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the New Jersey CIP 4501 peer-median earnings $55,774.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$15,312
$15,427$13,49920142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019172
31615120142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an 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 Social Sciences, General · 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.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 4501

Social Sciences, General across New Jersey institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all New Jersey Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

Thomas Edison State UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$62,477172 grads
Caldwell UniversityPEER$55,7741 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →