-28pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 28 pp at Southeastern College-Columbia vs the 2004–2007 baseline (52.3% vs 80.0%).
South Carolina · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Southeastern College-Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina. 248 undergraduate students. 7 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Southeastern College-Columbia
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.
+18%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Southeastern College-Columbia rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 ($21.3k → $25.1k).
+18%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Southeastern College-Columbia rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 ($21.3k → $25.1k).
-11%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Southeastern College-Columbia fell 11% between 2021 and 2024 (75.6% → 67.3%).
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.
$31,156+17% · 6→10y
South Carolina median $39,325$26,719
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry52.3%+30% · '04→'09
South Carolina median 44.4%$7,811+106% · '04→'20
At program completion248+404% · '04→'24
latest IPEDS89.1%+10% · '10→'24
first-time, full-time92.4%+391% · '08→'24
latest cohort$24,184+18% · '21→'24
out-of-state $24,184SECTION 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
3.3%Median federal debt $7,811 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $31,156 (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.
+30%
Southeastern College-Columbia · completion · 150% rose
64.4% → 83.5%
+10%
Southeastern College-Columbia · retention rose
61.0% → 67.3%
+107%
Southeastern College-Columbia · undergrad enrollment rose
53 → 267
+106%
Southeastern College-Columbia · median debt rose
$4,601 → $9,500
-100%
Southeastern College-Columbia · cohort default rate fell
24.5% → 0.0%
+21%
Southeastern College-Columbia · pell share rose
63.9% → 77.1%
+43%
Southeastern College-Columbia · earnings_median_6yr rose
$18,700 → $26,719
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
3 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Southeastern College-Columbia
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
-$122,360
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $39,852
- HS-only baseline · SC
- $33,700
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 51
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
“Southeastern College-Columbia graduates earn $X” — not “Southeastern College-Columbia makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Southeastern College-Columbia 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.