CIP 5139 · Associate's Degree · Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants at Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $47,544.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$47,544
Arkansas CIP-4 median $52,338
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$45,298
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
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
$342,202
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 4
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 4year 0year 39
Cost per year
$8,264
HS-only baseline · AR
$31,600
Years to complete
2
CIP family
51

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 5139

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants across Arkansas institutions

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

Arkansas Tech UniversityPEER$52,33831 grads
Cossatot Community College of the University of ArkansasTHIS PROGRAM$47,544
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 →