CIP 5138 · Associate's Degree · Tri-County Technical College

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Tri-County Technical College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Tri-County Technical College. 104 completers in the most recent 4-year window (103 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $75,993.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$75,993
South Carolina CIP-4 median $74,968
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$67,165
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$15,000
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
104
103 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Tri-County Technical College

2.6%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $15,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $75,993.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the South Carolina CIP 5138 peer-median earnings $74,968.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$15,000
$15,750$13,95020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019104
1189720142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an 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
$892,660
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 2year 0year 39
Cost per year
$6,704
HS-only baseline · SC
$33,700
Years to complete
2
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.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5138

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing across South Carolina institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all South Carolina Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →