CIP 5106 · Associate's Degree · Big Sandy Community and Technical College

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions at Big Sandy Community and Technical College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Big Sandy Community and Technical College. 14 completers in the most recent 4-year window (10 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $33,623.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$33,623
Kentucky CIP-4 median $54,651
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
14
10 most recent year
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.

COMPLETERS · 2014201914
141020142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
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
$13,042
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 33
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 33year 0year 39
Cost per year
$5,893
HS-only baseline · KY
$33,900
Years to complete
2
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.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5106

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions across Kentucky institutions

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

Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegePEER$54,65121 grads
Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$33,62314 grads
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 →