CIP 0901 · Bachelor's Degree · New School

Communication and Media Studies at New School

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of New School. 40 completers in the most recent 4-year window (61 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $54,079.

SCORECARD FIELDOFSTUDYDATA · CIP 0901 · BACHELOR'S DEGREEPEER SET · 50 NEW YORK INSTITUTIONS · HISTORY 1996–2024

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y

$54,079

New York CIP-4 median $55,806

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y

$48,499

Treasury · 4y post-completion

MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT

$19,500

At program completion

COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW

61 most recent year

DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at New School

4.8%

0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $19,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $54,079.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

4.7%

0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the New York CIP 0901 peer-median earnings $55,806.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 2014–2018$19,500

Median federal debt at program exit.FoS

COMPLETERS · 2014–201940

Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS

DEBT_MEDIAN · 2014→2018-24%

Communication and Media Studies at New School · debt_median fell

25,500 → 19,500

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Family income

Discount rate · 5.0%

Horizon · 40 years

Apply Dale-Krueger selection shrinkage

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE

$77,577

Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%

BREAKEVEN

Year 29

First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero

Cost per year: $52,728
HS-only baseline · NY: $40,100
Years to complete: 4
CIP family: 09

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 0901

Communication and Media Studies across New York institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all New York Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

CornellPEER$89,71587 grads NYUPEER$75,636—Hofstra UniversityPEER$75,03813 grads Marist CollegePEER$72,563202 grads FordhamPEER$72,537135 grads Pace UniversityPEER$72,510169 grads St. Thomas Aquinas CollegePEER$71,05513 grads Hobart William Smith CollegesPEER$70,32047 grads St Lawrence UniversityPEER$69,29931 grads Manhattan CollegePEER$68,18147 grads SyracusePEER$64,144116 grads Marymount Manhattan CollegePEER$63,33339 grads Molloy CollegePEER$62,90516 grads St. John's University-New YorkPEER$61,647103 grads Iona UniversityPEER$61,43673 grads CUNY Graduate School and University CenterPEER$61,36152 grads CUNY City CollegePEER$59,59382 grads University of Mount Saint VincentPEER$59,32717 grads College of Staten Island CUNYPEER$58,90791 grads CUNY Hunter CollegePEER$58,558147 grads State University of New York at CortlandPEER$57,62586 grads UBPEER$57,140346 grads Farmingdale State CollegePEER$56,83262 grads SUNY College at GeneseoPEER$56,07498 grads Nazareth UniversityPEER$55,80615 grads CUNY Brooklyn CollegePEER$54,76173 grads St. John Fisher UniversityPEER$54,65129 grads CUNY Queens CollegePEER$54,368116 grads

New SchoolTHIS PROGRAM$54,07940 grads

State University of New York at New PaltzPEER$53,85984 grads Manhattanville CollegePEER$53,40531 grads CUNY Lehman CollegePEER$53,33663 grads Adelphi UniversityPEER$52,13335 grads Canisius UniversityPEER$52,08829 grads Alfred UniversityPEER$51,9964 grads SUNY OneontaPEER$51,278186 grads Le Moyne CollegePEER$51,21331 grads Mount Saint Mary CollegePEER$50,2815 grads SUNY College at PotsdamPEER$50,18737 grads Clarkson UniversityPEER$50,0767 grads SUNY at Purchase CollegePEER$49,75057 grads The College of Saint RosePEER$49,27527 grads SUNY BrockportPEER$49,14546 grads Dominican University New YorkPEER$48,3169 grads Niagara UniversityPEER$47,07525 grads St. Francis CollegePEER$45,9026 grads SUNY Buffalo State UniversityPEER$45,4782 grads Mercy UniversityPEER$43,54026 grads SUNY Old WestburyPEER$41,91867 grads SUNY College at PlattsburghPEER$41,56614 grads SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillPEER$34,888—

Communication and Media Studies at New School

This program at New School

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

Communication and Media Studies at New School · debt_median fell

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