-40%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Lorain County Community College fell 40% between 2006 and 2009 (12.8% → 7.6%).
Ohio · Public · Predominantly associate's
Lorain County Community College
Elyria, Ohio. 5,394 undergraduate students. 101 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Lorain 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 Lorain County Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.7% → 0.0%).
+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Lorain County Community College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($3.8k → $4.3k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Ohio
Each tile compares this institution to the Ohio median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$38,837+15% · 6→10y
Ohio median $41,039$33,660
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry32.7%-80% · '97→'09
Ohio median 62.5%$8,917+421% · '97→'20
At program completion5,394-25% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—+11% · '04→'17
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,135+96% · '00→'24
out-of-state $8,730SECTION 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
3.1%Median federal debt $8,917 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,837 (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.
-80%
Lorain County Community College · completion · 150% fell
38.9% → 7.6%
+11%
Lorain County Community College · retention rose
57.0% → 63.3%
-25%
Lorain County Community College · undergrad enrollment fell
7,129 → 5,373
+96%
Lorain County Community College · in-state tuition rose
$2,175 → $4,265
+66%
Lorain County Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,340 → $8,860
+421%
Lorain County Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $13,680
-100%
Lorain County Community College · cohort default rate fell
15.7% → 0.0%
-21%
Lorain County Community College · pell share fell
32.4% → 25.5%
+28%
Lorain County Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,300 → $38,837
+26%
Lorain County Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$27,800 → $35,096
+27%
Lorain County Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$26,600 → $33,660
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.
Computer Software and Media Applications.$68,796Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$66,894Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$53,105Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$52,262Business Administration, Management and Operations.$50,867Accounting and Related Services.$47,409Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$43,561Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$39,365Criminal Justice and Corrections.$36,834Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$26,738
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 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
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Lorain 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
$90,194
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 18
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $6,151
- HS-only baseline · OH
- $36,400
- 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 Ohio
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Lorain County Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Lorain County Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Lorain 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.