-100%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (42.0% → 0.0%).
Tennessee · Private for-profit · Predominantly associate's
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee. 3,667 undergraduate students. 58 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga
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.
+342%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga rose 342% between 2021 and 2024 (1.0k → 4.5k).
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.5% → 0.0%).
+15%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga rose 15% between 2022 and 2024 (52.1% → 60.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Tennessee
Each tile compares this institution to the Tennessee median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$31,102+18% · 6→10y
Tennessee median $38,880$26,349
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry55.9%+72% · '06→'24
Tennessee median 57.6%$10,661+54% · '03→'20
At program completion3,667+5029% · '03→'24
latest IPEDS—-100% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—-5% · '03→'10
latest cohort—+13% · '03→'17
annualSECTION 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
4.6%Median federal debt $10,661 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $31,102 (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.
+72%
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · completion · 150% rose
34.9% → 60.1%
-100%
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · retention fell
52.0% → 0.0%
+2188%
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · undergrad enrollment rose
87 → 4,462
+54%
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · median debt rose
$10,322 → $15,917
-100%
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · cohort default rate fell
25.3% → 0.0%
+21%
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · earnings_median_10yr rose
$25,600 → $31,102
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.$87,413Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$54,225Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$51,570Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.$49,823Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$46,702Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$45,173Criminal Justice and Corrections.$42,294Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$41,174Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$40,968Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$40,768Precision Metal Working.$40,658Business Administration, Management and Operations.$40,408Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$39,477Health and Medical Administrative Services.$36,820Marketing.$35,708Legal Support Services.$35,454Accounting and Related Services.$35,067Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$34,771Criminal Justice and Corrections.$34,449Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$34,364Culinary Arts and Related Services.$31,773Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$31,711Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications.$30,915Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$30,720
Showing top 24 of 38 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
38 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
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$25,324Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$25,794Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$40,968Health and Medical Administrative Services.$27,239Health and Medical Administrative Services.$29,969Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$34,364Health and Medical Administrative Services.$36,820Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$30,020Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$41,174Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$28,037Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$34,771Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$23,008Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$87,413Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$28,474Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$46,702
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga
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
-$184,952
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $26,507
- HS-only baseline · TN
- $34,600
- 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 Tennessee
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga graduates earn $X” — not “Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga 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.