-14pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 14 pp at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens vs the 2003–2007 baseline (57.6% vs 71.4%).
Tennessee · Public · Predominantly certificates
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens
Athens, Tennessee. 365 undergraduate students. 9 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens
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.
+15%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens rose 15% between 2006 and 2009 (69.9% → 80.1%).
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.
$40,540+3% · 6→10y
Tennessee median $38,880$39,516
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry57.6%+50% · '97→'09
Tennessee median 57.6%—
At program completion365-33% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS65.2%-10% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
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 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.
+50%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens · completion · 150% rose
53.5% → 80.1%
-33%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens · undergrad enrollment fell
304 → 205
+60%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens · pell share rose
22.2% → 35.5%
+61%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens · earnings_median_10yr rose
$25,200 → $40,540
+61%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens · earnings_median_8yr rose
$24,000 → $38,607
+79%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens · earnings_median_6yr rose
$22,100 → $39,516
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.
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$63,950Precision Metal Working.$50,465Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$39,597Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$39,188Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$22,472Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$22,000
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
6 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens
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
$151,918
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $3,417
- 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
“Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens graduates earn $X” — not “Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens 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.