-13%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Salt Lake Community College fell 12% between 2006 and 2009 (27.0% → 23.6%).
Utah · Public · Predominantly associate's
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, Utah. 17,247 undergraduate students. 123 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Salt Lake 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Salt Lake Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.3% → 0.0%).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Salt Lake Community College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($12.7k → $14.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Salt Lake Community College earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Utah median
Each tile compares this institution to the Utah median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$47,867+15% · 6→10y
Utah median $35,805$41,501
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry29.7%+69% · '97→'09
Utah median 69.4%$4,408+243% · '97→'20
At program completion17,247-15% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS58.0%+11% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,257+171% · '00→'24
out-of-state $13,701SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Salt Lake Community College 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 at Salt Lake Community College
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
1.2%Median federal debt $4,408 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $47,867 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Salt Lake Community College enrollment, completion, and debt over time
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.
+69%
Salt Lake Community College · completion · 150% rose
14.0% → 23.6%
+11%
Salt Lake Community College · retention rose
51.0% → 56.7%
+171%
Salt Lake Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,636 → $4,426
+178%
Salt Lake Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,130 → $14,244
+243%
Salt Lake Community College · median debt rose
$2,333 → $8,003
-100%
Salt Lake Community College · cohort default rate fell
10.6% → 0.0%
+23%
Salt Lake Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$38,800 → $47,867
+27%
Salt Lake Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,900 → $44,450
+37%
Salt Lake Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,400 → $41,501
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Salt Lake Community College 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.
Computer and Information Sciences, General$83,736Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$71,076Mechanical Engineering$69,954Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$64,574Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies$64,391Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General$64,034Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies$62,416Business/Commerce, General$60,960Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians$60,092Criminal Justice and Corrections$57,675Precision Metal Working$53,603Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$53,039Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$50,966Legal Support Services$49,153Sociology$45,444Communication and Media Studies$42,285Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services$40,221Dental Support Services and Allied Professions$39,943Psychology, General$36,790English Language and Literature, General$35,116Design and Applied Arts$33,160
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
21 Salt Lake Community College programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
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$71,076Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General$64,034Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services$40,221Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$64,574Dental Support Services and Allied Professions$39,943
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Salt Lake 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
$295,884
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $8,839
- HS-only baseline · UT
- $38,000
- 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
Institutions similar to Salt Lake Community College in Utah
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Salt Lake Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Salt Lake Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Salt Lake 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.