-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Anne Arundel Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7% → 0.0%).
Maryland · Public · Predominantly associate's
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, Maryland. 8,570 undergraduate students. 85 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Anne Arundel 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.
-18%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Anne Arundel Community College fell 18% between 2017 and 2020 ($10.0k → $8.2k).
-15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Anne Arundel Community College fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 ($13.6k → $11.5k).
+13%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Anne Arundel Community College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (61.4% → 69.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Maryland
Each tile compares this institution to the Maryland median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$46,219+19% · 6→10y
Maryland median $46,719$38,890
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry25.5%-13% · '97→'09
Maryland median 52.1%$6,250+214% · '97→'20
At program completion8,570+5% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS67.8%+10% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,178+111% · '00→'24
out-of-state $11,330SECTION 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
1.8%Median federal debt $6,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $46,219 (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.
+111%
Anne Arundel Community College · in-state tuition rose
$2,044 → $4,322
+81%
Anne Arundel Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,364 → $11,522
+214%
Anne Arundel Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $8,250
-100%
Anne Arundel Community College · cohort default rate fell
16.4% → 0.0%
+23%
Anne Arundel Community College · pell share rose
16.8% → 20.6%
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.
Engineering, General.$92,052Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$82,238Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$80,979Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$75,381Legal Support Services.$69,888Business/Commerce, General.$63,467Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$58,282Business Administration, Management and Operations.$56,981Business Administration, Management and Operations.$55,814Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$52,159Criminal Justice and Corrections.$51,807Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$48,666Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$47,947Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$46,565Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$46,476Health and Medical Administrative Services.$42,694Hospitality Administration/Management.$35,436Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$33,853
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
18 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
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$82,238Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$33,853Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$46,565Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$58,282Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$46,476Health and Medical Administrative Services.$42,694
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Anne Arundel 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
$155,789
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 15
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,798
- HS-only baseline · MD
- $41,100
- 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 Maryland
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Anne Arundel Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Anne Arundel Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Anne Arundel 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.