+33%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Sandhills Community College rose 33% between 2006 and 2009 ($2.6k → $3.5k).
North Carolina · Public · Predominantly associate's
Sandhills Community College
Pinehurst, North Carolina. 2,375 undergraduate students. 54 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Sandhills 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.
-26%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Sandhills Community College fell 26% between 2021 and 2024 ($2.8k → $2.0k).
-25%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Sandhills Community College fell 25% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.9k → $6.6k).
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.
$31,656+12% · 6→10y
North Carolina median $36,030$28,363
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry47.9%-36% · '97→'09
North Carolina median 46.1%—+47% · '97→'09
At program completion2,375+77% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS69.9%+34% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$2,040+149% · '00→'24
out-of-state $6,598SECTION 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 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.
-36%
Sandhills Community College · completion · 150% fell
29.6% → 19.0%
+34%
Sandhills Community College · retention rose
60.0% → 80.2%
+77%
Sandhills Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,433 → 2,539
+122%
Sandhills Community College · in-state tuition rose
$818 → $2,040
+38%
Sandhills Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,801 → $6,648
+47%
Sandhills Community College · median debt rose
$2,374 → $3,500
-100%
Sandhills Community College · cohort default rate fell
9.4% → 0.0%
+29%
Sandhills Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$24,600 → $31,656
+21%
Sandhills Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$24,600 → $29,738
+22%
Sandhills Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$23,200 → $28,363
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.$73,822Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$56,737Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$36,186Health and Medical Administrative Services.$30,664Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$26,677Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$25,951
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
6 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Sandhills 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
$32,432
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 28
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,799
- 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
“Sandhills Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Sandhills Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Sandhills 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.