-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at John C Calhoun State Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.8% → 0.0%).
Alabama · Public · Predominantly certificates
John C Calhoun State Community College
Tanner, Alabama. 6,928 undergraduate students. 32 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at John C Calhoun State 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.
+33%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at John C Calhoun State Community College rose 33% between 2007 and 2010 (8.6% → 11.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Alabama
Each tile compares this institution to the Alabama median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$38,192+17% · 6→10y
Alabama median $39,017$32,579
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry40.8%+4% · '97→'10
Alabama median 43.4%$6,010+378% · '97→'20
At program completion6,928+18% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS65.0%+14% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,060+199% · '00→'24
out-of-state $8,870SECTION 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 $6,010 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,192 (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.
+14%
John C Calhoun State Community College · retention rose
57.0% → 65.2%
+199%
John C Calhoun State Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,710 → $5,120
+175%
John C Calhoun State Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,270 → $8,990
+378%
John C Calhoun State Community College · median debt rose
$2,508 → $12,000
-100%
John C Calhoun State Community College · cohort default rate fell
18.9% → 0.0%
+22%
John C Calhoun State Community College · pell share rose
25.0% → 30.4%
+26%
John C Calhoun State Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,300 → $38,192
+29%
John C Calhoun State Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$27,200 → $35,178
+37%
John C Calhoun State Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$23,700 → $32,579
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.
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$67,057Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$59,739Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$49,060Business Administration, Management and Operations.$42,972Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$41,635Computer and Information Sciences, General.$39,872
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
6 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
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Alabama
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“John C Calhoun State Community College graduates earn $X” — not “John C Calhoun State Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending John C Calhoun State 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.