CIP 4301 · Associate's Degree · Central Maine Community College

Criminal Justice and Corrections at Central Maine Community College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Central Maine Community College. 26 completers in the most recent 4-year window (42 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $58,787.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$58,787
Maine CIP-4 median $52,803
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$43,079
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$9,378
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
26
42 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Central Maine Community College

2.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $9,378 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $58,787.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Maine CIP 4301 peer-median earnings $52,803.

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.

DEBT · 20142018$9,378
$12,000$9,37820142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201926
422620142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018-22%

Criminal Justice and Corrections at Central Maine Community College · debt_median fell

12,000 → 9,378

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
$495,394
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 3year 0year 39
Cost per year
$8,699
HS-only baseline · ME
$36,200
Years to complete
2
CIP family
43

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 4301

Criminal Justice and Corrections across Maine institutions

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

Central Maine Community CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$58,78726 grads
Southern Maine Community CollegePEER$52,80328 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 →