-92%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City fell 92% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.1%).
Missouri · Public · Predominantly associate's
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri. 10,412 undergraduate students. 72 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
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.
+26%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City rose 26% between 2006 and 2009 (14.8% → 18.6%).
+13%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (58.9% → 66.8%).
+11%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City are 11% above the public associate's-predominant peer median ($40.8k vs $36.9k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Missouri
Each tile compares this institution to the Missouri median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$40,796+16% · 6→10y
Missouri median $40,979$35,026
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry29.1%+27% · '97→'09
Missouri median 59.3%$6,500+190% · '97→'20
At program completion10,412+119% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS63.9%+19% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,630+55% · '00→'09
out-of-state $9,600SECTION 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
2.1%Median federal debt $6,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $40,796 (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.
+27%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · completion · 150% rose
14.6% → 18.6%
+19%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · retention rose
56.0% → 66.8%
+119%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · undergrad enrollment rose
4,866 → 10,649
+55%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · in-state tuition rose
$1,590 → $2,460
+152%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,810 → $9,600
+190%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · median debt rose
$3,470 → $10,073
-99%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · cohort default rate fell
15.9% → 0.1%
+31%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · earnings_median_10yr rose
$31,100 → $40,796
+26%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · earnings_median_8yr rose
$29,800 → $37,559
+27%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,500 → $35,026
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.$77,599Computer Programming.$73,681Computer and Information Sciences, General.$65,527Engineering, General.$64,393Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$60,480Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$58,225Fire Protection.$56,118Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$54,778Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$53,702Criminal Justice and Corrections.$53,393Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$52,321Legal Support Services.$50,340Accounting and Related Services.$47,620Business Administration, Management and Operations.$45,924Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$41,594Health and Medical Administrative Services.$39,754Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$39,374Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$37,839
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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$77,599Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$53,702Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$52,321Health and Medical Administrative Services.$39,754Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$58,225
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
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
$156,262
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 12
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,381
- HS-only baseline · MO
- $35,100
- 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 Missouri
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City graduates earn $X” — not “Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City 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.