CIP 5138 · Associate's Degree · Lamar State College-Orange

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Lamar State College-Orange

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Lamar State College-Orange. 34 completers in the most recent 4-year window (45 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $75,819.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$75,819
Texas CIP-4 median $79,013
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$72,146
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$19,146
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
34
45 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 Lamar State College-Orange

3.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $19,146 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $75,819.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

3.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Texas CIP 5138 peer-median earnings $79,013.

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$19,146
$19,146$12,30120142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201934
453420142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018+56%

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Lamar State College-Orange · debt_median rose

12,301 → 19,146

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
$828,046
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 2year 0year 39
Cost per year
$1,424
HS-only baseline · TX
$37,300
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 Texas institutions

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

Houston Community CollegePEER$101,897154 gradsLaredo CollegePEER$92,70748 gradsSan Jacinto Community CollegePEER$90,009225 gradsGalveston CollegePEER$89,08955 gradsLee CollegePEER$87,52734 gradsAlvin Community CollegePEER$87,00961 gradsCollege of the MainlandPEER$86,65781 gradsLone Star College SystemPEER$86,053380 gradsSouth Texas CollegePEER$84,408310 gradsBlinn College DistrictPEER$84,11595 gradsTemple CollegePEER$83,50192 gradsHallmark UniversityPEER$83,116Grayson CollegePEER$82,701117 gradsBaptist Health System School of Health ProfessionsPEER$82,201222 gradsWeatherford CollegePEER$81,875169 gradsSouthwest Texas Junior CollegePEER$81,74438 gradsCollin County Community College DistrictPEER$81,621128 gradsTexas State Technical CollegePEER$81,024135 gradsSan Antonio CollegePEER$80,688195 gradsAngelina CollegePEER$79,91171 gradsWharton County Junior CollegePEER$79,89149 gradsTexarkana CollegePEER$79,75168 gradsKilgore CollegePEER$79,01374 gradsMcLennan Community CollegePEER$78,49862 gradsTarrant County College DistrictPEER$78,458276 gradsCentral Texas CollegePEER$78,33568 gradsHoward CollegePEER$78,01470 gradsBrazosport CollegePEER$77,66525 gradsVictoria CollegePEER$77,45668 gradsEl Paso Community CollegePEER$77,401136 gradsTexas Southmost CollegePEER$76,88110 gradsVernon CollegePEER$76,59592 gradsNavarro CollegePEER$76,098137 gradsDel Mar CollegePEER$76,045153 gradsAustin Community College DistrictPEER$75,886299 grads
Lamar State College-OrangeTHIS PROGRAM$75,81934 grads
Dallas CollegePEER$75,704203 gradsCovenant School of Nursing and Allied HealthPEER$73,469North Central Texas CollegePEER$73,22399 gradsTrinity Valley Community CollegePEER$72,338108 gradsTyler Junior CollegePEER$71,928206 gradsMidland CollegePEER$71,71639 gradsAmarillo CollegePEER$71,151204 gradsSouth Plains CollegePEER$70,44283 gradsClarendon CollegePEER$70,21236 gradsNortheast Texas Community CollegePEER$69,71341 gradsOdessa CollegePEER$65,19075 grads
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 →