-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.9% → 0.0%).
North Carolina · Public · Predominantly certificates
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville, North Carolina. 4,909 undergraduate students. 88 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Asheville-Buncombe Technical 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.
+84%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College rose 84% between 2006 and 2009 (13.8% → 25.4%).
+24%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College rose 24% between 2021 and 2024 (4.1k → 5.1k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. North Carolina
Each tile compares this institution to the North Carolina median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$36,048+10% · 6→10y
North Carolina median $36,030$32,630
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry32.1%+18% · '97→'09
North Carolina median 46.1%$10,000+369% · '97→'20
At program completion4,909+127% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS43.2%+4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$2,882+263% · '00→'24
out-of-state $9,026SECTION 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
3.7%Median federal debt $10,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $36,048 (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.
+127%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
2,256 → 5,110
+209%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College · in-state tuition rose
$795 → $2,882
+92%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,702 → $9,026
+369%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College · median debt rose
$3,312 → $15,528
-100%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College · cohort default rate fell
11.7% → 0.0%
+278%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College · pell share rose
2.3% → 16.2%
+23%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$29,300 → $36,048
+24%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$27,900 → $34,641
+27%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$25,700 → $32,630
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.$62,627Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$51,100Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$50,727Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$50,414Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$48,356Computer Software and Media Applications.$46,819Business Administration, Management and Operations.$38,269Health and Medical Administrative Services.$36,853Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$34,004Culinary Arts and Related Services.$33,786Criminal Justice and Corrections.$33,561Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$33,556Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$33,437Hospitality Administration/Management.$31,612Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$31,352Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$29,269Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$16,963
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
17 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
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$62,627Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$50,727Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$31,352Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$34,004Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$51,100Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$33,437Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$29,269Health and Medical Administrative Services.$36,853
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Asheville-Buncombe Technical 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
-$29,607
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $13,401
- HS-only baseline · NC
- $35,600
- 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 North Carolina
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Asheville-Buncombe Technical 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.