-22%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at McLennan Community College fell 22% between 2006 and 2009 (20.3% → 15.8%).
Texas · Public · Predominantly associate's
McLennan Community College
Waco, Texas. 4,997 undergraduate students. 75 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at McLennan 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.
-18%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at McLennan Community College fell 18% between 2017 and 2020 ($12.8k → $10.5k).
+13%
First-year retention
First-year retention at McLennan Community College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (61.3% → 69.5%).
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.
$39,163+20% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$32,591
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry35.3%+55% · '97→'09
Texas median 51.8%$6,136+250% · '97→'20
At program completion4,997+54% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS65.7%+88% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,660+301% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,910SECTION 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
2.1%Median federal debt $6,136 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,163 (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.
+55%
McLennan Community College · completion · 150% rose
10.2% → 15.8%
+88%
McLennan Community College · retention rose
37.0% → 69.5%
+54%
McLennan Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
3,669 → 5,668
+275%
McLennan Community College · in-state tuition rose
$912 → $3,660
+154%
McLennan Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,328 → $5,910
+250%
McLennan Community College · median debt rose
$3,000 → $10,500
+24%
McLennan Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$31,500 → $39,163
+24%
McLennan Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$26,200 → $32,591
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.$78,498Fire Protection.$61,609Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,328Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$58,546Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$54,953Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$49,536Criminal Justice and Corrections.$46,309Accounting and Related Services.$45,625Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$45,496Business Administration, Management and Operations.$42,614Business/Commerce, General.$40,864Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$39,454Business Administration, Management and Operations.$36,312Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$32,243Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$29,788Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$22,492
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
16 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$49,536Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$78,498Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,328Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$54,953Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$58,546Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$29,788Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$32,243
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at McLennan 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
$195,261
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $8,883
- 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
“McLennan Community College graduates earn $X” — not “McLennan Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending McLennan 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.