-26%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Florence-Darlington Technical College fell 26% between 2006 and 2009 (14.5% → 10.8%).
South Carolina · Public · Predominantly associate's
Florence-Darlington Technical College
Florence, South Carolina. 2,890 undergraduate students. 57 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Florence-Darlington Technical 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 Florence-Darlington Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.6% → 0.0%).
+28%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Florence-Darlington Technical College rose 28% between 2021 and 2024 (2.4k → 3.1k).
+23%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Florence-Darlington Technical College rose 23% between 2021 and 2024 (47.3% → 58.2%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. South Carolina
Each tile compares this institution to the South Carolina median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$32,748+21% · 6→10y
South Carolina median $39,325$27,042
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry20.1%-47% · '97→'09
South Carolina median 44.4%$6,750+371% · '97→'20
At program completion2,890+15% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS59.4%-3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,636+209% · '00→'24
out-of-state $6,772SECTION 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
2.7%Median federal debt $6,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $32,748 (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.
-47%
Florence-Darlington Technical College · completion · 150% fell
20.3% → 10.8%
+209%
Florence-Darlington Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,500 → $4,636
+93%
Florence-Darlington Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,500 → $6,772
+371%
Florence-Darlington Technical College · median debt rose
$2,600 → $12,250
-100%
Florence-Darlington Technical College · cohort default rate fell
11.8% → 0.0%
+21%
Florence-Darlington Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$27,100 → $32,748
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.$72,143Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$69,663Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$52,746Business Administration, Management and Operations.$49,393Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$48,271Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$41,647Criminal Justice and Corrections.$39,609Precision Metal Working.$37,586Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$35,492Accounting and Related Services.$33,284Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$29,949Human Services, General.$29,365
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.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
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 Florence-Darlington Technical 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
$136,449
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $1,508
- HS-only baseline · SC
- $33,700
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 48
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 South Carolina
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Florence-Darlington Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Florence-Darlington Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Florence-Darlington Technical 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.