-33%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Nashua Community College fell 33% between 2006 and 2009 (28.1% → 18.8%).
New Hampshire · Public · Predominantly associate's
Nashua Community College
Nashua, New Hampshire. 1,039 undergraduate students. 49 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Nashua 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 Nashua Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.9% → 0.0%).
-17pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 17 pp at Nashua Community College vs the 2003–2007 baseline (30.2% vs 47.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Nashua Community College earnings, debt, and completion vs. the New Hampshire median
Each tile compares this institution to the New Hampshire median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$46,164+18% · 6→10y
New Hampshire median $49,690$39,161
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry30.2%-39% · '99→'09
New Hampshire median 58.4%$7,833+319% · '97→'20
At program completion1,039+117% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS60.9%+56% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$7,140+27% · '00→'24
out-of-state $15,390SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Nashua Community College 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 at Nashua Community College
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
2.3%Median federal debt $7,833 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $46,164 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Nashua Community College enrollment, completion, and debt over time
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.
-39%
Nashua Community College · completion · 150% fell
30.9% → 18.8%
+56%
Nashua Community College · retention rose
41.0% → 64.1%
+117%
Nashua Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
523 → 1,135
+79%
Nashua Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,602 → $15,390
+319%
Nashua Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $11,000
-100%
Nashua Community College · cohort default rate fell
12.0% → 0.0%
+22%
Nashua Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,900 → $46,164
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Nashua Community College 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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
4 Nashua Community College programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Nashua 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
$88,743
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 21
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,752
- HS-only baseline · NH
- $40,300
- 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
Institutions similar to Nashua Community College in New Hampshire
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Nashua Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Nashua Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Nashua 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.