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Shareholder Report
12 Months Ended
May 31, 2026
USD ($)
Holding
Shareholder Report [Line Items]  
Document Type N-CSR
Amendment Flag false
Registrant Name T. ROWE PRICE CORPORATE INCOME FUND, INC.
Entity Central Index Key 0000949820
Entity Investment Company Type N-1A
Document Period End Date May 31, 2026
Shareholder Report Annual or Semi-Annual Annual Shareholder Report
C000005519  
Shareholder Report [Line Items]  
Fund Name Corporate Income Fund
Class Name Investor Class
Trading Symbol PRPIX
Annual or Semi-Annual Statement [Text Block] This annual shareholder report contains important information about Corporate Income Fund (the "fund") for the period of June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026.
Additional Information [Text Block] You can find the fund’s prospectus, financial information on Form N‑CSR (which includes required tax information for dividends), holdings, proxy voting information, and other information atwww.troweprice.com/prospectus. You can also request this information without charge by contacting T. Rowe Price at 1‑800‑638‑5660 or info@troweprice.com or contacting your intermediary.
Material Fund Change Notice [Text Block]  
Additional Information Phone Number 1‑800‑638‑5660
Additional Information Email <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline; flex-wrap: nowrap; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: 400; grid-area: auto; line-height: 17.3333px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; text-align: justify; text-align-last: left; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">info@troweprice.com</span>
Additional Information Website www.troweprice.com/prospectus
Expenses [Text Block]

What were the fund costs for the last year? (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Table Summary
 
Costs of a $10,000 investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment
Corporate Income Fund - Investor Class
$61
0.59%
Expenses Paid, Amount $ 61
Expense Ratio, Percent 0.59%
Factors Affecting Performance [Text Block]

What drove fund performance during the past 12 months?

  • The U.S. investment-grade bond market generated positive returns over the 12-month period ended May 31, 2026, supported by income generation and demand for high-quality bonds. Corporate bonds generated positive excess returns as credit spreads narrowed thanks to supportive market technicals and robust fundamentals.

  • Security selection was positive across nearly all industries with contributions from consumer noncyclical, banking, and communication leading the way, boosting performance relative to the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index. Asset allocation also contributed, our underweight in communications notably helping performance relative to the index as heavy supply was a headwind.

  • Duration positioning hindered performance, particularly from August to October when U.S. Treasury yields fell and we were modestly short relative to the benchmark. Key rate positioning also detracted, including overweights to the 5- and 10-year segments of the curve as yields on those maturities ended the period higher. In contrast, the overweight to the two-year sector contributed positively.

  • The Corporate Income Fund seeks to provide high income and some capital growth and primarily focuses on investment-grade, U.S. corporate bonds, with the ability to integrate non-index sectors and securities selectively. U.S. corporate investment-grade bonds remained the portfolio's largest allocation, while we maintained selective exposures to non-benchmark sectors, including securitized assets, government-related securities, and non-U.S. investment-grade bonds.

  • The fund held material exposure to derivatives, including interest rate and credit derivatives, used to efficiently manage positioning.

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of the fund’s future performance.
Line Graph [Table Text Block]
A line chart as described in the following paragraph. 

Investor Class 12,733 
Regulatory Benchmark 11,836 
Strategy Benchmark 13,188
Table Summary
Investor Class
Regulatory Benchmark
Strategy Benchmark
2016
10,000
10,000
10,000
2016
10,390
10,232
10,395
2016
9,952
9,908
10,009
2017
10,170
10,008
10,223
2017
10,382
10,158
10,426
2017
10,575
10,283
10,617
2017
10,585
10,227
10,626
2018
10,384
10,059
10,448
2018
10,302
10,120
10,432
2018
10,382
10,175
10,510
2018
10,154
10,089
10,302
2019
10,586
10,378
10,723
2019
11,071
10,768
11,209
2019
11,739
11,210
11,911
2019
11,780
11,178
11,935
2020
12,252
11,590
12,418
2020
11,831
11,781
12,333
2020
12,372
11,936
12,805
2020
12,662
11,992
13,100
2021
12,436
11,750
12,765
2021
12,465
11,734
12,782
2021
12,852
11,925
13,128
2021
12,694
11,854
13,030
2022
11,996
11,440
12,330
2022
11,109
10,769
11,468
2022
10,730
10,552
11,170
2022
10,561
10,332
11,016
2023
10,633
10,328
11,044
2023
10,840
10,538
11,273
2023
10,805
10,426
11,270
2023
10,931
10,454
11,408
2024
11,265
10,671
11,703
2024
11,363
10,676
11,769
2024
11,923
11,187
12,317
2024
11,987
11,173
12,395
2025
12,101
11,291
12,471
2025
12,007
11,258
12,430
2025
12,397
11,538
12,799
2025
12,694
11,809
13,126
2026
12,835
11,998
13,293
2026
12,733
11,836
13,188
Average Annual Return [Table Text Block]
Table Summary
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Corporate Income Fund (Investor Class)
6.04%
0.43%
2.45%
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Regulatory Benchmark)
5.13
0.17
1.70
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index (Strategy Benchmark)
6.09
0.63
2.81
No Deduction of Taxes [Text Block] Neither the fund’s returns nor the index returns reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemptions of fund shares.
Updated Performance Information Location [Text Block] Updated performance information can be found at www.troweprice.com.
Distribution of Capital [Text Block] The fund's total return figures reflect the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any.
AssetsNet $ 285,322,000
Holdings Count | Holding 316
Advisory Fees Paid, Amount $ 564,000
InvestmentCompanyPortfolioTurnover 112.90%
Additional Fund Statistics Significance or Limits [Text Block]

What are some fund statistics?

Fund Statistics

  • Total Net Assets (000s)$285,322
  • Number of Portfolio Holdings316
Holdings [Text Block]
Table Summary
Corporate Bonds
85.7%
Asset-Backed Securities
4.8
U.S. Government Agency Obligations (Excluding Mortgage-Backed)
3.9
Securities Lending Collateral
2.4
Foreign Government Obligations & Municipalities
2.2
Municipal Securities
0.5
Convertible Bonds
0.3
Non-U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Securities
0.2
Convertible Preferred Stocks
0.1
Short-Term and Other
-0.1
Largest Holdings [Text Block]
Table Summary
Citigroup
3.1%
Morgan Stanley
3.1
Goldman Sachs Group
2.5
U.S. Treasury Bonds
2.3
JPMorgan Chase
2.1
Wells Fargo
1.8
AT&T
1.8
U.S. Treasury Notes
1.6
T-Mobile USA
1.6
Meta Platforms
1.5
Material Fund Change [Text Block]
Updated Prospectus Web Address www.troweprice.com/paperless
C000166313  
Shareholder Report [Line Items]  
Fund Name Corporate Income Fund
Class Name I Class
Trading Symbol TICCX
Annual or Semi-Annual Statement [Text Block] This annual shareholder report contains important information about Corporate Income Fund (the "fund") for the period of June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026.
Additional Information [Text Block] You can find the fund’s prospectus, financial information on Form N‑CSR (which includes required tax information for dividends), holdings, proxy voting information, and other information atwww.troweprice.com/prospectus. You can also request this information without charge by contacting T. Rowe Price at 1‑800‑638‑5660 or info@troweprice.com or contacting your intermediary.
Material Fund Change Notice [Text Block]  
Additional Information Phone Number 1‑800‑638‑5660
Additional Information Email <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline; flex-wrap: nowrap; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: 400; grid-area: auto; line-height: 17.3333px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; text-align: justify; text-align-last: left; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">info@troweprice.com</span>
Additional Information Website www.troweprice.com/prospectus
Expenses [Text Block]

What were the fund costs for the last year? (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Table Summary
 
Costs of a $10,000 investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment
Corporate Income Fund - I Class
$42
0.41%
Expenses Paid, Amount $ 42
Expense Ratio, Percent 0.41%
Factors Affecting Performance [Text Block]

What drove fund performance during the past 12 months?

  • The U.S. investment-grade bond market generated positive returns over the 12-month period ended May 31, 2026, supported by income generation and demand for high-quality bonds. Corporate bonds generated positive excess returns as credit spreads narrowed thanks to supportive market technicals and robust fundamentals.

  • Security selection was positive across nearly all industries with contributions from consumer noncyclical, banking, and communication leading the way, boosting performance relative to the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index. Asset allocation also contributed, our underweight in communications notably helping performance relative to the index as heavy supply was a headwind.

  • Duration positioning hindered performance, particularly from August to October when U.S. Treasury yields fell and we were modestly short relative to the benchmark. Key rate positioning also detracted, including overweights to the 5- and 10-year segments of the curve as yields on those maturities ended the period higher. In contrast, the overweight to the two-year sector contributed positively.

  • The Corporate Income Fund seeks to provide high income and some capital growth and primarily focuses on investment-grade, U.S. corporate bonds, with the ability to integrate non-index sectors and securities selectively. U.S. corporate investment-grade bonds remained the portfolio's largest allocation, while we maintained selective exposures to non-benchmark sectors, including securitized assets, government-related securities, and non-U.S. investment-grade bonds.

  • The fund held material exposure to derivatives, including interest rate and credit derivatives, used to efficiently manage positioning.

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of the fund’s future performance.
Line Graph [Table Text Block]
A line chart as described in the following paragraph. 

I Class 647,015 
Regulatory Benchmark 591,821 
Strategy Benchmark 659,377
Table Summary
I Class
Regulatory Benchmark
Strategy Benchmark
2016
500,000
500,000
500,000
2016
519,636
511,616
519,741
2016
497,852
495,403
500,440
2017
508,914
500,416
511,138
2017
519,684
507,893
521,324
2017
529,503
514,136
530,832
2017
530,151
511,326
531,275
2018
520,257
502,944
522,377
2018
516,304
505,990
521,621
2018
521,076
508,741
525,484
2018
509,807
504,464
515,104
2019
531,587
518,886
536,133
2019
555,530
538,376
560,465
2019
589,811
560,492
595,541
2019
592,053
558,902
596,757
2020
615,916
579,506
620,903
2020
594,945
589,067
616,655
2020
622,300
596,775
640,231
2020
637,058
599,611
655,004
2021
625,852
587,524
638,227
2021
627,499
586,682
639,097
2021
647,172
596,272
656,421
2021
639,432
592,695
651,523
2022
604,534
571,989
616,505
2022
560,322
538,444
573,402
2022
541,510
527,606
558,517
2022
533,208
516,596
550,810
2023
537,111
516,381
552,223
2023
547,114
526,907
563,661
2023
546,287
521,310
563,520
2023
552,922
522,690
570,381
2024
569,330
533,562
585,167
2024
575,285
533,786
588,469
2024
603,906
559,349
615,863
2024
607,421
558,625
619,751
2025
612,750
564,552
623,573
2025
609,026
562,924
621,502
2025
629,079
576,891
639,948
2025
644,422
590,474
656,310
2026
651,907
599,896
664,631
2026
647,015
591,821
659,377
Average Annual Return [Table Text Block]
Table Summary
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Corporate Income Fund (I Class)
6.24%
0.61%
2.61%
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Regulatory Benchmark)
5.13
0.17
1.70
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index (Strategy Benchmark)
6.09
0.63
2.81
No Deduction of Taxes [Text Block] Neither the fund’s returns nor the index returns reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemptions of fund shares.
Updated Performance Information Location [Text Block] Updated performance information can be found at www.troweprice.com.
Distribution of Capital [Text Block] The fund's total return figures reflect the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any.
AssetsNet $ 285,322,000
Holdings Count | Holding 316
Advisory Fees Paid, Amount $ 564,000
InvestmentCompanyPortfolioTurnover 112.90%
Additional Fund Statistics Significance or Limits [Text Block]

What are some fund statistics?

Fund Statistics

  • Total Net Assets (000s)$285,322
  • Number of Portfolio Holdings316
Holdings [Text Block]
Table Summary
Corporate Bonds
85.7%
Asset-Backed Securities
4.8
U.S. Government Agency Obligations (Excluding Mortgage-Backed)
3.9
Securities Lending Collateral
2.4
Foreign Government Obligations & Municipalities
2.2
Municipal Securities
0.5
Convertible Bonds
0.3
Non-U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Securities
0.2
Convertible Preferred Stocks
0.1
Short-Term and Other
-0.1
Largest Holdings [Text Block]
Table Summary
Citigroup
3.1%
Morgan Stanley
3.1
Goldman Sachs Group
2.5
U.S. Treasury Bonds
2.3
JPMorgan Chase
2.1
Wells Fargo
1.8
AT&T
1.8
U.S. Treasury Notes
1.6
T-Mobile USA
1.6
Meta Platforms
1.5
Material Fund Change [Text Block]
Updated Prospectus Web Address www.troweprice.com/paperless
C000225817  
Shareholder Report [Line Items]  
Fund Name Corporate Income Fund
Class Name Z Class
Trading Symbol TRZCX
Annual or Semi-Annual Statement [Text Block] This annual shareholder report contains important information about Corporate Income Fund (the "fund") for the period of June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026.
Additional Information [Text Block] You can find the fund’s prospectus, financial information on Form N‑CSR (which includes required tax information for dividends), holdings, proxy voting information, and other information atwww.troweprice.com/prospectus. You can also request this information without charge by contacting T. Rowe Price at 1‑800‑638‑5660 or info@troweprice.com or contacting your intermediary.
Material Fund Change Notice [Text Block]  
Additional Information Phone Number 1‑800‑638‑5660
Additional Information Email <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline; flex-wrap: nowrap; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: 400; grid-area: auto; line-height: 17.3333px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; text-align: justify; text-align-last: left; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">info@troweprice.com</span>
Additional Information Website www.troweprice.com/prospectus
Expenses [Text Block]

What were the fund costs for the last year? (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Table Summary
 
Costs of a $10,000 investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment
Corporate Income Fund - Z Class
$1
0.01%
Expenses Paid, Amount $ 1
Expense Ratio, Percent 0.01%
Factors Affecting Performance [Text Block]

What drove fund performance during the past 12 months?

  • The U.S. investment-grade bond market generated positive returns over the 12-month period ended May 31, 2026, supported by income generation and demand for high-quality bonds. Corporate bonds generated positive excess returns as credit spreads narrowed thanks to supportive market technicals and robust fundamentals.

  • Security selection was positive across nearly all industries with contributions from consumer noncyclical, banking, and communication leading the way, boosting performance relative to the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index. Asset allocation also contributed, our underweight in communications notably helping performance relative to the index as heavy supply was a headwind.

  • Duration positioning hindered performance, particularly from August to October when U.S. Treasury yields fell and we were modestly short relative to the benchmark. Key rate positioning also detracted, including overweights to the 5- and 10-year segments of the curve as yields on those maturities ended the period higher. In contrast, the overweight to the two-year sector contributed positively.

  • The Corporate Income Fund seeks to provide high income and some capital growth and primarily focuses on investment-grade, U.S. corporate bonds, with the ability to integrate non-index sectors and securities selectively. U.S. corporate investment-grade bonds remained the portfolio's largest allocation, while we maintained selective exposures to non-benchmark sectors, including securitized assets, government-related securities, and non-U.S. investment-grade bonds.

  • The fund held material exposure to derivatives, including interest rate and credit derivatives, used to efficiently manage positioning.

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of the fund’s future performance.
Line Graph [Table Text Block]
A line chart as described in the following paragraph. 

Z Class 10,524 
Regulatory Benchmark 10,062 
Strategy Benchmark 10,331
Table Summary
Z Class
Regulatory Benchmark
Strategy Benchmark
2/22/21
10,000
10,000
10,000
2/28/21
9,965
9,989
9,999
5/31/21
10,014
9,975
10,013
8/31/21
10,330
10,138
10,284
11/30/21
10,217
10,077
10,207
2/28/22
9,679
9,725
9,659
5/31/22
8,970
9,154
8,984
8/31/22
8,688
8,970
8,750
11/30/22
8,563
8,783
8,630
2/28/23
8,624
8,779
8,652
5/31/23
8,804
8,958
8,831
8/31/23
8,789
8,863
8,829
11/30/23
8,916
8,887
8,936
2/29/24
9,190
9,071
9,168
5/31/24
9,284
9,075
9,220
8/31/24
9,756
9,510
9,649
11/30/24
9,822
9,498
9,710
2/28/25
9,931
9,598
9,770
5/31/25
9,880
9,571
9,737
8/31/25
10,202
9,808
10,026
11/30/25
10,461
10,039
10,282
2/28/26
10,593
10,199
10,413
5/31/26
10,524
10,062
10,331
Average Annual Return [Table Text Block]
Table Summary
 
1 Year
5 Years
Since Inception 2/22/21
Corporate Income Fund (Z Class)
6.51%
1.00%
0.97%
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Regulatory Benchmark)
5.13
0.17
0.12
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index (Strategy Benchmark)
6.09
0.63
0.62
Performance Inception Date Feb. 22, 2021
No Deduction of Taxes [Text Block] Neither the fund’s returns nor the index returns reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemptions of fund shares.
Updated Performance Information Location [Text Block] Updated performance information can be found at www.troweprice.com.
Distribution of Capital [Text Block] The fund's total return figures reflect the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any.
AssetsNet $ 285,322,000
Holdings Count | Holding 316
Advisory Fees Paid, Amount $ 564,000
InvestmentCompanyPortfolioTurnover 112.90%
Additional Fund Statistics Significance or Limits [Text Block]

What are some fund statistics?

Fund Statistics

  • Total Net Assets (000s)$285,322
  • Number of Portfolio Holdings316
Holdings [Text Block]
Table Summary
Corporate Bonds
85.7%
Asset-Backed Securities
4.8
U.S. Government Agency Obligations (Excluding Mortgage-Backed)
3.9
Securities Lending Collateral
2.4
Foreign Government Obligations & Municipalities
2.2
Municipal Securities
0.5
Convertible Bonds
0.3
Non-U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Securities
0.2
Convertible Preferred Stocks
0.1
Short-Term and Other
-0.1
Largest Holdings [Text Block]
Table Summary
Citigroup
3.1%
Morgan Stanley
3.1
Goldman Sachs Group
2.5
U.S. Treasury Bonds
2.3
JPMorgan Chase
2.1
Wells Fargo
1.8
AT&T
1.8
U.S. Treasury Notes
1.6
T-Mobile USA
1.6
Meta Platforms
1.5
Material Fund Change [Text Block]
Updated Prospectus Web Address www.troweprice.com/paperless