CIP 1104 · Associate's Degree · Cincinnati

Information Science/Studies at Cincinnati

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Cincinnati. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $62,577.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$62,577
Ohio CIP-4 median $63,631
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$54,073
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$12,710
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
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 Cincinnati

2.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $12,710 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $62,577.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Ohio CIP 1104 peer-median earnings $63,631.

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 · 20152018$12,710
$17,000$12,00020152018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20152018-25%

Information Science/Studies at Cincinnati · debt_median fell

17,000 → 12,710

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.

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

NET PRESENT VALUE
$701,023
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 5
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 5year 0year 39
Cost per year
$20,607
HS-only baseline · OH
$36,400
Years to complete
2
CIP family
11

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 1104

Information Science/Studies across Ohio institutions

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

SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →