-17%
Public certificate-predominant peer
10-year earnings at East Arkansas Community College are 17% below the public certificate-predominant peer median ($28.5k vs $34.2k).
Arkansas · Public · Predominantly certificates
East Arkansas Community College
Forrest City, Arkansas. 492 undergraduate students. 45 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at East Arkansas Community College
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.
+74%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at East Arkansas Community College rose 74% between 2017 and 2020 ($3.5k → $6.0k).
-24%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 24% at East Arkansas Community College vs the 2018–2022 baseline (492 vs 650).
+18%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at East Arkansas Community College rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 ($3.7k → $4.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Arkansas
Each tile compares this institution to the Arkansas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$28,471+6% · 6→10y
Arkansas median $34,871$26,801
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry47.1%+14% · '97→'10
Arkansas median 47.1%$4,750+300% · '97→'20
At program completion492-47% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS64.6%+58% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,960+293% · '00→'24
out-of-state $4,980SECTION 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
2.2%Median federal debt $4,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $28,471 (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.
+110%
East Arkansas Community College · completion · 100% rose
4.4% → 9.3%
+58%
East Arkansas Community College · retention rose
44.0% → 69.6%
-47%
East Arkansas Community College · undergrad enrollment fell
1,051 → 554
+246%
East Arkansas Community College · in-state tuition rose
$840 → $3,300
+261%
East Arkansas Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,212 → $4,380
+300%
East Arkansas Community College · median debt rose
$1,500 → $6,000
-100%
East Arkansas Community College · cohort default rate fell
17.7% → 0.0%
-50%
East Arkansas Community College · pell share fell
50.3% → 25.2%
+26%
East Arkansas Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$22,600 → $28,471
+29%
East Arkansas Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$21,700 → $27,892
+47%
East Arkansas Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$18,200 → $26,801
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
4 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Arkansas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“East Arkansas Community College graduates earn $X” — not “East Arkansas Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending East Arkansas Community College 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.