-36%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College fell 36% between 2006 and 2009 (38.3% → 24.7%).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly certificates
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
Valdosta, Georgia. 2,762 undergraduate students. 84 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Wiregrass Georgia 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (8.0% → 0.0%).
+10%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($3.2k → $3.5k).
-41%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College fell 41% between 2014 and 2017 ($3.5k → $2.1k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Georgia
Each tile compares this institution to the Georgia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$30,864+9% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$28,338
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry43.8%-39% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$2,438-35% · '12→'17
At program completion2,762+169% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS64.3%+13% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,212+236% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,612SECTION 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
1.1%Median federal debt $2,438 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $30,864 (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.
-39%
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · completion · 150% fell
40.2% → 24.7%
+13%
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · retention rose
56.0% → 63.2%
+169%
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,074 → 2,887
+236%
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,035 → $3,480
+218%
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,899 → $6,048
-35%
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · median debt fell
$3,201 → $2,069
+27%
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$24,300 → $30,864
+32%
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$23,200 → $30,570
+33%
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$21,300 → $28,338
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.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$44,539Precision Metal Working.$41,010Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$40,190Ground Transportation.$37,148Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$34,284Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$30,494Criminal Justice and Corrections.$30,140Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$26,452Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$18,870
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Wiregrass Georgia 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%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$139,054
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $4,514
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 1
- 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.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Georgia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Wiregrass Georgia Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Wiregrass Georgia Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Wiregrass Georgia 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.