+35%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Radford M Locklin Technical College rose 35% between 2009 and 2012 ($7.4k → $10.1k).
Florida · Public · Predominantly certificates
Radford M Locklin Technical College
Milton, Florida. 235 undergraduate students. 16 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Radford M Locklin Technical 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.
+140%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Radford M Locklin Technical College rose 140% between 2021 and 2024 (32.3% → 77.4%).
+34%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Radford M Locklin Technical College rose 34% between 2009 and 2012 ($1.9k → $2.5k).
-13%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Radford M Locklin Technical College fell 13% between 2006 and 2009 (17.7% → 15.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Florida
Each tile compares this institution to the Florida median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$35,997+7% · 6→10y
Florida median $36,288$33,574
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry67.5%-62% · '99→'09
Florida median 65.6%—
At program completion235-48% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS74.0%+38% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—+104% · '01→'12
annualSECTION 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 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.
-62%
Radford M Locklin Technical College · completion · 150% fell
40.3% → 15.4%
+38%
Radford M Locklin Technical College · retention rose
56.0% → 77.4%
-48%
Radford M Locklin Technical College · undergrad enrollment fell
452 → 233
+104%
Radford M Locklin Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,226 → $2,502
+106%
Radford M Locklin Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,887 → $10,053
+104%
Radford M Locklin Technical College · pell share rose
9.0% → 18.4%
+54%
Radford M Locklin Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$23,400 → $35,997
+76%
Radford M Locklin Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$17,900 → $31,470
+110%
Radford M Locklin Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$16,000 → $33,574
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Radford M Locklin Technical 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%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma at Radford M Locklin Technical College(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Florida
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Radford M Locklin Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Radford M Locklin Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Radford M Locklin Technical 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.