-27%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Midlands Technical College fell 27% between 2006 and 2009 (10.1% → 7.3%).
South Carolina · Public · Predominantly associate's
Midlands Technical College
West Columbia, South Carolina. 7,731 undergraduate students. 65 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Midlands 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 Midlands Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.8% → 0.0%).
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.
$38,701+17% · 6→10y
South Carolina median $39,325$33,067
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry16.3%-5% · '97→'09
South Carolina median 44.4%$6,750+357% · '97→'20
At program completion7,731-17% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS42.6%-16% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,788+259% · '00→'24
out-of-state $13,812SECTION 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
2.3%Median federal debt $6,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,701 (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.
-16%
Midlands Technical College · retention fell
58.0% → 48.7%
+259%
Midlands Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,421 → $5,100
+266%
Midlands Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,013 → $14,700
+357%
Midlands Technical College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $12,000
-100%
Midlands Technical College · cohort default rate fell
13.0% → 0.0%
+77%
Midlands Technical College · pell share rose
21.1% → 37.3%
+27%
Midlands Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,400 → $38,701
+23%
Midlands Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$28,800 → $35,346
+26%
Midlands Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$26,300 → $33,067
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.$74,968Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$59,159Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$58,589Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$57,355Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$55,693Data Processing.$52,772Accounting and Related Services.$47,806Business Administration, Management and Operations.$46,561General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations.$45,660Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$45,428Human Services, General.$43,039Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$42,520Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$42,294Criminal Justice and Corrections.$40,524Legal Support Services.$40,079Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$39,060Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$34,967Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$27,680Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$24,422
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
19 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
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$45,428Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$74,968Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$55,693Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$57,355Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$39,060
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Midlands 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
$209,905
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $6,031
- HS-only baseline · SC
- $33,700
- 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 South Carolina
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Midlands Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Midlands Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Midlands 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.