-14%
Public certificate-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Somerset Community College are 14% below the public certificate-predominant peer median ($30.8k vs $35.7k).
Kentucky · Public · Predominantly certificates
Somerset Community College
Somerset, Kentucky. 3,899 undergraduate students. 44 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Somerset 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Somerset Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.7% → 0.0%).
-58%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Somerset Community College fell 58% between 2021 and 2024 ($15.2k → $6.4k).
+44%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Somerset Community College rose 44% between 2006 and 2009 (20.4% → 29.5%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Kentucky
Each tile compares this institution to the Kentucky median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$30,787+11% · 6→10y
Kentucky median $37,114$27,858
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry40.3%+169% · '97→'09
Kentucky median 49.7%$8,000+365% · '97→'20
At program completion3,899+86% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS65.5%+19% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,656+284% · '00→'24
out-of-state $6,192SECTION 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
3.5%Median federal debt $8,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $30,787 (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.
+169%
Somerset Community College · completion · 150% rose
10.9% → 29.5%
+19%
Somerset Community College · retention rose
56.0% → 66.5%
+86%
Somerset Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
2,239 → 4,166
+284%
Somerset Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,230 → $4,728
+82%
Somerset Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,530 → $6,432
+365%
Somerset Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $12,215
-100%
Somerset Community College · cohort default rate fell
28.4% → 0.0%
+30%
Somerset Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$21,500 → $27,858
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$69,162Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$67,025Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$64,747Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$47,997Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$47,046Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$46,467Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$45,846Criminal Justice and Corrections.$43,187Computer and Information Sciences, General.$42,962Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$33,004Business Administration, Management and Operations.$32,282Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$31,828Health and Medical Administrative Services.$28,253Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$26,918Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$20,574Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$15,653
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
16 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$46,467Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$69,162Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$47,046Health and Medical Administrative Services.$28,253Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$26,918Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$47,997
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Somerset 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
$8,085
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 35
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $5,432
- HS-only baseline · KY
- $33,900
- 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.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Kentucky
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Somerset Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Somerset Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Somerset 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.