-15%
Public certificate-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES are 15% below the public certificate-predominant peer median ($40.7k vs $47.9k).
New York · Public · Predominantly certificates
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES
Liverpool, New York. 342 undergraduate students. 15 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES
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 Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.8% → 0.0%).
-13%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES fell 13% between 2006 and 2009 (83.1% → 72.4%).
+16%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 (304 → 354).
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.
$40,658+9% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917$37,223
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry81.7%-12% · '02→'09
New York median 64.2%$5,792+145% · '01→'20
At program completion342+360% · '01→'24
latest IPEDS82.0%-1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—-42% · '02→'07
latest cohort—±0% · '02→'03
annualSECTION 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
1.9%Median federal debt $5,792 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $40,658 (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.
+139%
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES · undergrad enrollment rose
77 → 354
+145%
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES · median debt rose
$2,625 → $6,419
-100%
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES · cohort default rate fell
22.5% → 0.0%
+43%
Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES · pell share rose
42.6% → 60.9%
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.
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$49,455Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$49,101Precision Metal Working.$47,169Construction Trades, Other.$42,888Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$39,329Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$34,958Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$34,926Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$33,549Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$33,125Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$17,150
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES
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
$241,344
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $17,027
- HS-only baseline · NY
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 51
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
“Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES graduates earn $X” — not “Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES 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.