+23%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at CUNY LaGuardia Community College rose 23% between 2017 and 2020 ($6.0k → $7.4k).
New York · Public · Predominantly associate's
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, New York. 10,556 undergraduate students. 49 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at CUNY LaGuardia Community College
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 CUNY LaGuardia Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.2% → 0.0%).
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.
$41,653+25% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917$33,219
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry25.3%+73% · '97→'09
New York median 64.2%$5,217+182% · '97→'20
At program completion10,556+11% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS60.2%-6% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,218+99% · '00→'24
out-of-state $8,098SECTION 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
1.7%Median federal debt $5,217 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,653 (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.
+73%
CUNY LaGuardia Community College · completion · 150% rose
7.3% → 12.6%
+99%
CUNY LaGuardia Community College · in-state tuition rose
$2,622 → $5,218
+153%
CUNY LaGuardia Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,198 → $8,098
+182%
CUNY LaGuardia Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $7,407
-100%
CUNY LaGuardia Community College · cohort default rate fell
6.7% → 0.0%
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$112,905Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$105,324Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$68,475Computer Programming.$63,881Computer Science.$62,633Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$49,226Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$48,612Physical Sciences.$47,678Accounting and Related Services.$45,254Psychology, General.$45,078Business Administration, Management and Operations.$44,487Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$44,115Criminal Justice and Corrections.$43,643Legal Support Services.$41,174Biology, General.$40,194Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$39,896Hospitality Administration/Management.$36,679Communication and Media Studies.$36,514English Language and Literature, General.$32,399Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.$31,640Computer Software and Media Applications.$24,267Design and Applied Arts.$21,605Fine and Studio Arts.$20,322
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
23 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
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$44,115Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$112,905Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$49,226Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$68,475Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$105,324
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at CUNY LaGuardia Community College
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
$139,506
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 16
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $8,505
- HS-only baseline · NY
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- 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.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“CUNY LaGuardia Community College graduates earn $X” — not “CUNY LaGuardia Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending CUNY LaGuardia Community College 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.