-26%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design are 26% below the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($41.2k vs $55.8k).
Wisconsin · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 883 undergraduate students. 5 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
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 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.0% → 0.0%).
+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($39.6k → $43.7k).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($39.6k → $43.7k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Wisconsin
Each tile compares this institution to the Wisconsin median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,174+38% · 6→10y
Wisconsin median $46,297$29,841
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry63.3%+98% · '00→'24
Wisconsin median 58.4%$15,750+132% · '97→'20
At program completion883+63% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS83.7%+1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time62.8%-30% · '01→'24
latest cohort$42,268+158% · '00→'24
out-of-state $42,268SECTION 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 $15,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,174 (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.
+98%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · completion · 150% rose
33.8% → 67.0%
+81%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · completion · 100% rose
32.0% → 58.1%
+63%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · undergrad enrollment rose
513 → 837
+158%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · in-state tuition rose
$16,925 → $43,743
+158%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · out-of-state tuition rose
$16,925 → $43,743
+132%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · median debt rose
$11,625 → $27,000
-100%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · cohort default rate fell
6.3% → 0.0%
+35%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · pell share rose
27.6% → 37.3%
+21%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · earnings_median_10yr rose
$34,000 → $41,174
+29%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,100 → $38,748
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
2 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
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
$135,250
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 16
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $23,112
- HS-only baseline · WI
- $37,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 50
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 Wisconsin
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design graduates earn $X” — not “Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design 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.