CIP 2203 · Associate's Degree · Arapahoe Community College

Legal Support Services at Arapahoe Community College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Arapahoe Community College. 0 completers in the most recent 4-year window (26 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $51,444.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$51,444
Colorado CIP-4 median $47,599
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$49,552
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$10,250
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
0
26 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 Arapahoe Community College

2.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $10,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $51,444.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Colorado CIP 2203 peer-median earnings $47,599.

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$10,250
$16,000$10,25020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 201420190
26020142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018-36%

Legal Support Services at Arapahoe Community College · debt_median fell

16,000 → 10,250

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
$283,471
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 8year 0year 39
Cost per year
$10,903
HS-only baseline · CO
$40,100
Years to complete
2
CIP family
22

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 2203

Legal Support Services across Colorado institutions

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

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 →