-21%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Southeast New Mexico College fell 21% between 2021 and 2024 (62.0% → 48.9%).
New Mexico · Public · Predominantly associate's
Southeast New Mexico College
Carlsbad, New Mexico. 426 undergraduate students. 48 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Southeast New Mexico 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.
+157%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Southeast New Mexico College rose 157% between 2006 and 2009 (2.2% → 5.7%).
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Southeast New Mexico College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.9% → 0.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New Mexico
Each tile compares this institution to the New Mexico median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
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New Mexico median $36,869—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry29.0%+1% · '97→'09
New Mexico median 39.2%—+306% · '97→'20
At program completion426-50% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS45.6%+19% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$1,176+40% · '00→'24
out-of-state $4,008SECTION 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.
+19%
Southeast New Mexico College · retention rose
41.0% → 48.9%
-50%
Southeast New Mexico College · undergrad enrollment fell
930 → 469
+34%
Southeast New Mexico College · in-state tuition rose
$840 → $1,176
+82%
Southeast New Mexico College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,208 → $4,008
+306%
Southeast New Mexico College · median debt rose
$4,215 → $17,095
-100%
Southeast New Mexico College · cohort default rate fell
15.0% → 0.0%
-56%
Southeast New Mexico College · pell share fell
26.7% → 11.8%
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.$80,465Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$53,700Precision Metal Working.$50,881Business/Commerce, General.$40,116Business Administration, Management and Operations.$39,002Criminal Justice and Corrections.$36,982Data Processing.$36,600Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$32,811Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$32,385Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$30,070Health and Medical Administrative Services.$27,977Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$18,553
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
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Southeast New Mexico 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
$1,560
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 38
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,721
- HS-only baseline · NM
- $33,800
- 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 Mexico
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Southeast New Mexico College graduates earn $X” — not “Southeast New Mexico College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Southeast New Mexico 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.