New York · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Cornell
Ithaca, New York. 15,935 undergraduate students. 266 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
UNITID 190415 · OPEID 002711 · IPEDS HDVINTAGE · COLLEGE SCORECARD · 2025-05 · HISTORY 1996–2024
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Cornell
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.
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+14%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Cornell University rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($61.0k → $69.3k).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Cornell University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.4% → 0.0%).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+14%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Cornell University rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($61.0k → $69.3k).
PEER OUTLIER · TRENDING BETTER+69%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Cornell University are 69% above the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($104.0k vs $61.5k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New York
Each tile compares this institution to the New York median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$104,043+18% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$87,830
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
95.1%+6% · '97→'24
New York median 64.2%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$13,000+2% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
15,935+94% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
97.8%+2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
8.2%-66% · '01→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$66,014+179% · '00→'24
out-of-state $66,014
SECTION 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).
ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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
1.7%
0%8% · GE20%+
Median federal debt $13,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $104,043 (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.
UNDERGRAD · 1996–202415,995
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997–202495.4%
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997–2020$14,000
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 1996→2024+94%
Cornell · undergrad enrollment rose
8,228 → 15,995
IN-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+179%
Cornell · in-state tuition rose
$24,850 → $69,314
OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+179%
Cornell · out-of-state tuition rose
$24,850 → $69,314
COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 2011→2024-80%
Cornell · cohort default rate fell
1.6% → 0.0%
PELL SHARE · 2008→2024+42%
Cornell · pell share rose
13.0% → 18.4%
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 2007→2020+48%
Cornell · earnings_median_10yr rose
$70,300 → $104,043
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 2005→2020+57%
Cornell · earnings_median_8yr rose
$61,900 → $97,098
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 2003→2020+65%
Cornell · earnings_median_6yr rose
$53,200 → $87,830
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.
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
$2,832,349
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
Cost per year
$8,129
HS-only baseline · NY
$40,100
Years to complete
6
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 York
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
“Cornell graduates earn $X” — not “Cornell makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Cornell 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.