-21%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Hudson County Community College are 21% below the public associate's-predominant peer median ($34.3k vs $43.4k).
New Jersey · Public · Predominantly associate's
Hudson County Community College
Jersey City, New Jersey. 6,386 undergraduate students. 49 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Hudson County 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 Hudson County Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.1% → 0.0%).
+17%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Hudson County Community College rose 17% between 2017 and 2020 ($9.0k → $10.5k).
+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Hudson County Community College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.8k → $5.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New Jersey
Each tile compares this institution to the New Jersey median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$34,333+20% · 6→10y
New Jersey median $46,742$28,676
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry22.8%+158% · '97→'09
New Jersey median 62.0%$6,000+377% · '97→'20
At program completion6,386+71% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS62.8%+9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,020+92% · '00→'24
out-of-state $12,280SECTION 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
2.3%Median federal debt $6,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,333 (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.
+104%
Hudson County Community College · completion · 150% rose
3.3% → 8.5%
+71%
Hudson County Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
3,871 → 6,626
+92%
Hudson County Community College · in-state tuition rose
$2,800 → $5,384
+39%
Hudson County Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,655 → $9,248
+377%
Hudson County Community College · median debt rose
$2,200 → $10,500
-100%
Hudson County Community College · cohort default rate fell
13.0% → 0.0%
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.$93,970Engineering Science.$74,764Computer and Information Sciences, General.$61,783Accounting and Related Services.$52,918Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$45,621Biological and Physical Sciences.$45,521Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$41,512Culinary Arts and Related Services.$35,726Fine and Studio Arts.$22,364
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 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 · CIP 14
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Hudson County 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
$27,299
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 30
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,586
- HS-only baseline · NJ
- $41,700
- 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 New Jersey
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Hudson County Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Hudson County Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Hudson County 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.