Azimuth places The New School at the 30th percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Among federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled, the median four years after completion is $56,719, at the 38th percentile.
That is $11,531 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $14,691 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the gap in the 9th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $1,201.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $13,490. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $49.
Four years after completing a degree, graduates of The New School earn a median of $56,719, based on an earnings cohort of 1,280 completers. That figure is $11,531 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), and it sits at the 38th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $14,691 less than the model expects for similar students. That result falls at the 9th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Earnings scenarios from the program mix run from $39,639 on the downside to $74,398 on the upside, with $56,719 as the typical estimate. These are estimates, not observed outcomes.
Based on the program mix, an estimated 22.3% of graduates continue to graduate study.
At $56,719, median earnings for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled sit in the 38th percentile four years after completion. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250, putting The New School $11,531 below that benchmark.
Graduates earn about $14,691 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 9th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $1,201. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $13,490.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $49. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix run from $39,639 on the downside to $74,398 on the upside.
Azimuth ranks the university #1,033 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer and model comparisons point in the same direction.
Computer Software and Media Applications has the highest published program median. It awarded 174 degrees and reports $75,792 in median earnings four years after completion, or 1.29x the national median for its field.
Other higher-earning fields include Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, with 150 degrees awarded and $74,936 in earnings, or 1.55x the national field median; and Radio, Television, and Digital Communication, with 55 degrees awarded and $64,018, or 1.27x the national field median. These published medians show a different program-level picture from the institution-wide figure.
The schoolwide earnings figure masks a broad range across fields. Earnings scenarios run from $39,639 in the downside case to $74,398 in the upside case, with $56,719 as the typical scenario.
These are earnings scenarios, not observed groups, and 13 programs have published earnings data. The higher-earning fields illustrate the upper end: Computer Software and Media Applications has median earnings of $75,792 four years after completion; Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management reaches $74,936; and Radio, Television, and Digital Communication reaches $64,018.
Those field-level figures show why the scenarios should not be read as a single outcome for every graduate.
The debt picture is less severe than the price picture at The New School, but neither cost nor earnings offers an uncomplicated return story. For borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $22,266, below the $24,199 median at comparable institutions (same type and size).
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $253 a month if repaid over ten years. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $58,741, above the $27,371 peer median.
Aid covers about 33% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, and the spread between the lowest and highest bands is $14,598. Graduates earn about $14,691 less than the model expects for similar students.
Lower debt sits alongside a higher net price and lower-than-expected earnings, so the return picture is mixed.