-23%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at SUNY Adirondack fell 23% between 2006 and 2009 (26.8% → 20.6%).
New York · Public · Predominantly associate's
SUNY Adirondack
Queensbury, New York. 1,959 undergraduate students. 32 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at SUNY Adirondack
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.
+18%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at SUNY Adirondack rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 ($5.8k → $6.8k).
+17%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at SUNY Adirondack rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.3k → $9.6k).
+14%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at SUNY Adirondack rose 14% between 2017 and 2020 ($12.6k → $14.3k).
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.
$41,267+15% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917$35,756
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry29.2%-32% · '97→'09
New York median 64.2%$8,494+332% · '97→'20
At program completion1,959-39% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS60.5%-17% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,528+173% · '00→'24
out-of-state $9,192SECTION 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
2.7%Median federal debt $8,494 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,267 (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.
-32%
SUNY Adirondack · completion · 150% fell
30.6% → 20.6%
-17%
SUNY Adirondack · retention fell
74.0% → 61.7%
-39%
SUNY Adirondack · undergrad enrollment fell
3,002 → 1,844
+173%
SUNY Adirondack · in-state tuition rose
$2,503 → $6,844
+100%
SUNY Adirondack · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,803 → $9,616
+332%
SUNY Adirondack · median debt rose
$3,317 → $14,345
-100%
SUNY Adirondack · cohort default rate fell
19.2% → 0.0%
+26%
SUNY Adirondack · earnings_median_10yr rose
$32,700 → $41,267
+28%
SUNY Adirondack · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,900 → $39,434
+23%
SUNY Adirondack · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,100 → $35,756
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.$76,203Business Administration, Management and Operations.$44,516Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$41,176Criminal Justice and Corrections.$40,423Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$31,798Design and Applied Arts.$31,551
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
6 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at SUNY Adirondack
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
$43,369
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 26
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,991
- HS-only baseline · NY
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
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
“SUNY Adirondack graduates earn $X” — not “SUNY Adirondack makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending SUNY Adirondack 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.