-19%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at South Texas College fell 19% between 2021 and 2024 (19.7k → 15.9k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly associate's
South Texas College
McAllen, Texas. 16,131 undergraduate students. 74 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at South Texas 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.
+255%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at South Texas College rose 255% between 2021 and 2024 (4.2% → 14.8%).
+16%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at South Texas College rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.2k → $4.9k).
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.
$36,788+30% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$28,239
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry27.6%-11% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%—
At program completion16,131+192% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS61.1%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,920+303% · '00→'24
out-of-state $7,500SECTION 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.
+192%
South Texas College · undergrad enrollment rose
5,424 → 15,856
+303%
South Texas College · in-state tuition rose
$1,220 → $4,920
+41%
South Texas College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,400 → $7,620
+21%
South Texas College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,300 → $36,788
+21%
South Texas College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$26,400 → $31,909
+21%
South Texas College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$23,400 → $28,239
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.$84,408Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$68,598Computer and Information Sciences, General.$57,686Engineering, General.$50,048Health and Medical Administrative Services.$46,735Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$46,601Business Administration, Management and Operations.$45,869Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$43,059Precision Metal Working.$42,369Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$42,217Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$41,838Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$40,642Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$40,070Computer and Information Sciences, General.$37,259Social Work.$37,160Social Sciences, General.$36,454Criminal Justice and Corrections.$36,079Business/Commerce, General.$34,698Biology, General.$34,637Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$34,414Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$33,678Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$33,579Legal Support Services.$32,808Psychology, General.$31,308
Showing top 24 of 37 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
37 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$41,838Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$28,124Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$46,601Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$29,167
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$84,408Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$40,070Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$42,217Health and Medical Administrative Services.$46,735Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$34,414Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$68,598Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$28,192Health and Medical Administrative Services.$30,743
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at South Texas 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
-$43,008
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $3,261
- 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
“South Texas College graduates earn $X” — not “South Texas College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending South Texas 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.