-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Metropolitan Community College Area fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.2% → 0.0%).
Nebraska · Public · Predominantly associate's
Metropolitan Community College Area
Omaha, Nebraska. 7,629 undergraduate students. 87 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Metropolitan Community College Area
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.
+36%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Metropolitan Community College Area rose 36% between 2021 and 2024 (6.5k → 8.8k).
+15%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Metropolitan Community College Area rose 15% between 2006 and 2009 (10.8% → 12.4%).
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.
$38,773+9% · 6→10y
Nebraska median $47,592$35,437
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry25.1%-5% · '97→'09
Nebraska median 55.9%$4,061+227% · '97→'20
At program completion7,629+64% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS67.7%+22% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,285+150% · '00→'24
out-of-state $4,815SECTION 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
1.4%Median federal debt $4,061 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,773 (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.
+22%
Metropolitan Community College Area · retention rose
49.0% → 60.0%
+64%
Metropolitan Community College Area · undergrad enrollment rose
5,351 → 8,775
+150%
Metropolitan Community College Area · in-state tuition rose
$1,350 → $3,375
+197%
Metropolitan Community College Area · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,665 → $4,950
+227%
Metropolitan Community College Area · median debt rose
$2,513 → $8,217
-100%
Metropolitan Community College Area · cohort default rate fell
17.6% → 0.0%
+29%
Metropolitan Community College Area · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,000 → $38,773
+37%
Metropolitan Community College Area · earnings_median_8yr rose
$28,800 → $39,316
+31%
Metropolitan Community College Area · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,100 → $35,437
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.
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$94,902Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$77,852Computer and Information Sciences, General.$74,461Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$60,685Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$55,235Business Administration, Management and Operations.$48,728Health and Medical Administrative Services.$45,124Criminal Justice and Corrections.$44,862Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$44,230Culinary Arts and Related Services.$38,492Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$37,374Design and Applied Arts.$36,677
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
12 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
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Metropolitan Community College Area
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
$185,321
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $4,471
- 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
“Metropolitan Community College Area graduates earn $X” — not “Metropolitan Community College Area makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Metropolitan Community College Area 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.