+17%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Central Community College rose 17% between 2017 and 2020 ($6.9k → $8.0k).
Nebraska · Public · Predominantly certificates
Central Community College
Grand Island, Nebraska. 3,206 undergraduate students. 59 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at 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 Central Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.9% → 0.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Nebraska
Each tile compares this institution to the Nebraska median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$39,429+9% · 6→10y
Nebraska median $47,592$36,158
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry44.8%+31% · '97→'09
Nebraska median 55.9%$5,500+204% · '97→'20
At program completion3,206-48% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS68.6%+15% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,360+133% · '00→'24
out-of-state $4,800SECTION 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
1.9%Median federal debt $5,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,429 (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.
+31%
Central Community College · completion · 150% rose
22.4% → 29.3%
+15%
Central Community College · retention rose
60.0% → 68.8%
-48%
Central Community College · undergrad enrollment fell
6,457 → 3,353
+133%
Central Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,440 → $3,360
+129%
Central Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,100 → $4,800
+204%
Central Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $7,992
-100%
Central Community College · cohort default rate fell
15.7% → 0.0%
+268%
Central Community College · pell share rose
5.2% → 19.2%
+40%
Central Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$28,100 → $39,429
+43%
Central Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$26,800 → $38,405
+45%
Central Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$24,900 → $36,158
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.$66,774Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$52,261Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$52,216Precision Metal Working.$51,191Computer and Information Sciences, General.$50,423Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$50,072Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$49,172Business Administration, Management and Operations.$47,433Agricultural Business and Management.$44,396Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$41,425Culinary Arts and Related Services.$39,855Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$39,790Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$39,303Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$37,852Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$37,262Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General.$24,693
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
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
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
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$49,172Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$66,774Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$39,303Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$41,425Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$37,262
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at 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
$87,053
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 18
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,239
- HS-only baseline · NE
- $36,900
- 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 Nebraska
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Central Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Central Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending 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.