-17%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Nashville State Community College fell 17% between 2006 and 2009 (10.3% → 8.6%).
Tennessee · Public · Predominantly associate's
Nashville State Community College
Nashville, Tennessee. 4,931 undergraduate students. 58 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Nashville State Community 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 Nashville State Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.6% → 0.0%).
-30%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Nashville State Community College fell 30% between 2017 and 2020 ($13.8k → $9.6k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Nashville State Community College earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Tennessee median
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.
$38,519+17% · 6→10y
Tennessee median $38,880$33,038
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry17.0%-3% · '97→'09
Tennessee median 57.6%$6,500+190% · '97→'20
At program completion4,931+86% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS43.2%-8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—-10% · '01→'10
latest cohort$4,498+233% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,698SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Nashville State Community College 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 at Nashville State Community College
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
2.2%Median federal debt $6,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,519 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Nashville State Community College enrollment, completion, and debt over time
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.
+86%
Nashville State Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
3,036 → 5,653
+233%
Nashville State Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,419 → $4,730
+235%
Nashville State Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,295 → $17,714
+190%
Nashville State Community College · median debt rose
$3,313 → $9,595
-100%
Nashville State Community College · cohort default rate fell
21.8% → 0.0%
+25%
Nashville State Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,700 → $38,519
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Nashville State Community College 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.
Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians$84,134Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$74,578Engineering Technology, General$62,814Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians$62,356Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$56,595Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$51,695Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications$50,597Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services$49,643Criminal Justice and Corrections$48,869Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other$45,994Health and Medical Administrative Services$45,051Business Administration, Management and Operations$44,371Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$44,360Health and Medical Administrative Services$43,940Accounting and Related Services$43,206Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education$41,882Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians$37,569Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services$33,527Business Operations Support and Assistant Services$31,192
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
19 Nashville State Community College programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BASIC SKILLS · CIP 32
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services$49,643Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$74,578Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$51,695Health and Medical Administrative Services$45,051Health and Medical Administrative Services$43,940Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other$45,994
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Nashville State Community 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
$227,677
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,507
- HS-only baseline · TN
- $34,600
- 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
Institutions similar to Nashville State Community College in Tennessee
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Nashville State Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Nashville State Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Nashville State Community 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.