CIP 1506 · Associate's Degree · John C Calhoun State Community College

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians at John C Calhoun State Community College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of John C Calhoun State Community College. 147 completers in the most recent 4-year window (153 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $67,057.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$67,057
Alabama CIP-4 median $77,374
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$66,892
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$11,024
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
147
153 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 John C Calhoun State Community College

2.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $11,024 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $67,057.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

1.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Alabama CIP 1506 peer-median earnings $77,374.

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 · 20142018$11,024
$12,583$9,25020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019147
15312720142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
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
$743,284
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 2year 0year 39
Cost per year
$8,883
HS-only baseline · AL
$32,400
Years to complete
2
CIP family
15

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 1506

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians across Alabama institutions

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

Coastal Alabama Community CollegePEER$77,37479 grads
John C Calhoun State Community CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$67,057147 grads
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 →