Colorado · Public · Predominantly certificates

Morgan Community College

Fort Morgan, Colorado. 619 undergraduate students. 31 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Morgan 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.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-22%

150%-time completion

150%-time completion at Morgan Community College fell 22% between 2021 and 2024 (56.8% → 44.6%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%

3-year cohort default rate

3-year cohort default rate at Morgan Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.5% → 0.0%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+10%

In-state tuition

In-state tuition at Morgan Community College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($3.9k → $4.3k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+10%

Out-of-state tuition

Out-of-state tuition at Morgan Community College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($15.3k → $16.9k).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Colorado

Each tile compares this institution to the Colorado median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$39,429+6% · 6→10y
Colorado median $43,242
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$37,293
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
46.1%+91% · '97→'24
Colorado median 55.5%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$5,500+224% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
619+24% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
-5% · '04→'18
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$4,127+166% · '00→'24
out-of-state $16,360
SECTION 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).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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

1.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $5,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,429 (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.

UNDERGRAD · 19962024634
1,06551119962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997202444.6%
63%23%19972024
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020$8,501
$11,000$2,62519972020
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 19972024+91%

Morgan Community College · completion · 150% rose

23.4% → 44.6%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 19962024+24%

Morgan Community College · undergrad enrollment rose

511 → 634

IN-STATE TUITION · 20002024+166%

Morgan Community College · in-state tuition rose

$1,600 → $4,252

OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 20002024+148%

Morgan Community College · out-of-state tuition rose

$6,798 → $16,852

MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020+224%

Morgan Community College · median debt rose

$2,625 → $8,501

COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 20112024-100%

Morgan Community College · cohort default rate fell

18.9% → 0.0%

PELL SHARE · 20082024-36%

Morgan Community College · pell share fell

29.2% → 18.5%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 20072020+50%

Morgan Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose

$26,300 → $39,429

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20052020+50%

Morgan Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose

$26,600 → $39,878

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20032020+55%

Morgan Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose

$24,100 → $37,293

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at Morgan Community College

Pick a 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. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. 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
-$13,965
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$7,816
HS-only baseline · CO
$40,100
Years to complete
2
CIP family
24

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Morgan Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Morgan Community College makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Morgan 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.

Methodology →