+32%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at East Central Community College rose 32% between 2021 and 2024 ($3.1k → $4.2k).
Mississippi · Public · Predominantly associate's
East Central Community College
Decatur, Mississippi. 1,584 undergraduate students. 42 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at East Central 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 East Central Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (7.5% → 0.0%).
+19%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at East Central Community College rose 19% between 2021 and 2024 ($5.2k → $6.3k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Mississippi
Each tile compares this institution to the Mississippi median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$32,421+12% · 6→10y
Mississippi median $33,017$28,873
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry39.3%-17% · '99→'09
Mississippi median 46.9%$4,481+119% · '97→'20
At program completion1,584-13% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS62.4%-12% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,865+316% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,965SECTION 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 $4,481 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $32,421 (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.
-12%
East Central Community College · retention fell
68.0% → 60.1%
+316%
East Central Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,000 → $4,160
+128%
East Central Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,750 → $6,260
+119%
East Central Community College · median debt rose
$2,513 → $5,500
-100%
East Central Community College · cohort default rate fell
19.7% → 0.0%
-40%
East Central Community College · pell share fell
64.9% → 39.1%
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.$69,493Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$48,286Precision Metal Working.$37,933Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$36,481Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$35,150Carpenters.$32,180Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$29,399Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$22,630
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
8 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
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at East Central 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
$150,915
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,067
- HS-only baseline · MS
- $30,200
- 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 Mississippi
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“East Central Community College graduates earn $X” — not “East Central Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending East Central 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.