+20%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Austin Community College District rose 20% between 2017 and 2020 ($8.8k → $10.5k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly associate's
Austin Community College District
Austin, Texas. 25,969 undergraduate students. 144 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Austin Community College District
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.
+127%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Austin Community College District rose 127% between 2021 and 2024 (8.9% → 20.2%).
+14%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Austin Community College District rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 (26.4k → 30.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$43,177+12% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$38,647
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry18.0%+333% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$6,126+300% · '97→'20
At program completion25,969+117% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—+66% · '04→'17
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$2,550+140% · '00→'24
out-of-state $10,590SECTION 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
1.9%Median federal debt $6,126 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $43,177 (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.
+311%
Austin Community College District · completion · 150% rose
4.7% → 20.2%
+66%
Austin Community College District · retention rose
35.0% → 58.3%
+117%
Austin Community College District · undergrad enrollment rose
13,916 → 30,189
+140%
Austin Community College District · in-state tuition rose
$1,062 → $2,550
+164%
Austin Community College District · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,014 → $10,590
+300%
Austin Community College District · median debt rose
$2,625 → $10,499
+25%
Austin Community College District · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,900 → $38,647
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.
Accounting and Related Services.$95,949Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$76,652Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,886Engineering, General.$75,765Computer Programming.$73,198Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$71,414Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.$70,736Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$69,067Criminal Justice and Corrections.$67,046Computer and Information Sciences, General.$64,718Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$64,185Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$58,744Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$57,930Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$57,885Fire Protection.$57,562Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$56,840Biology, General.$56,234Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$55,810Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$55,619Business/Commerce, General.$55,130Legal Support Services.$53,952Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$52,298Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$50,717Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$50,580
Showing top 24 of 39 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
39 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,886Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$69,067Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$55,810Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$76,652Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$52,298Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$64,185Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$58,744Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$71,414Health and Medical Administrative Services.$44,838
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Austin Community College District
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
$458,649
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $6,695
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- 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
Same sector and degree mix in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Austin Community College District graduates earn $X” — not “Austin Community College District makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Austin Community College District 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.