-28%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 28% at SUNY College at Potsdam vs the 2018–2022 baseline (2.0k vs 2.7k).
New York · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
SUNY College at Potsdam
Potsdam, New York. 1,951 undergraduate students. 59 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at SUNY College at Potsdam
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 SUNY College at Potsdam fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.8% → 0.0%).
-22%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at SUNY College at Potsdam fell 22% between 2021 and 2024 (2.3k → 1.8k).
+14%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at SUNY College at Potsdam rose 14% between 2006 and 2009 ($5.4k → $6.1k).
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.
$47,866+21% · 6→10y
New York median $48,917$39,440
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry47.9%+5% · '97→'09
New York median 64.2%$18,166+267% · '97→'20
At program completion1,951-48% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.9%+1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time85.5%-3% · '01→'09
latest cohort$8,712+49% · '00→'09
out-of-state $18,622SECTION 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
5.1%Median federal debt $18,166 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $47,866 (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.
-48%
SUNY College at Potsdam · undergrad enrollment fell
3,475 → 1,823
+49%
SUNY College at Potsdam · in-state tuition rose
$4,099 → $6,124
+108%
SUNY College at Potsdam · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,999 → $18,678
+267%
SUNY College at Potsdam · median debt rose
$6,616 → $24,250
-100%
SUNY College at Potsdam · cohort default rate fell
6.3% → 0.0%
+29%
SUNY College at Potsdam · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,600 → $39,440
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.
Computer Science.$104,292Criminal Justice and Corrections.$62,115Business Administration, Management and Operations.$59,773Special Education and Teaching.$59,529Biology, General.$59,284Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$58,851Business Administration, Management and Operations.$55,709Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$55,064Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,435Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,160Mathematics.$51,887Sociology.$50,221Communication and Media Studies.$50,187English Language and Literature, General.$49,719Music.$45,065Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$43,372Psychology, General.$43,338Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.$39,609Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$38,661History.$37,930Fine and Studio Arts.$30,266Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.$29,477
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
22 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
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$58,851Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,160Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,435Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$55,064Special Education and Teaching.$59,529
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at SUNY College at Potsdam
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
$215,623
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $14,617
- HS-only baseline · NY
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 13
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 College at Potsdam graduates earn $X” — not “SUNY College at Potsdam makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending SUNY College at Potsdam 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.