+18%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Delaware Technical Community College-Terry rose 18% between 2017 and 2020 ($8.9k → $10.5k).
Delaware · Public · Predominantly associate's
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
Dover, Delaware. 11,012 undergraduate students. 80 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
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 Delaware Technical Community College-Terry fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.5% → 0.0%).
+10%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Delaware Technical Community College-Terry rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.9k → $5.4k).
+11%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Delaware Technical Community College-Terry rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (20.2% → 22.5%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Delaware
Each tile compares this institution to the Delaware median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,448+17% · 6→10y
Delaware median $38,242$35,336
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry19.4%+125% · '97→'24
Delaware median 51.5%$5,500+740% · '99→'20
At program completion11,012+517% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—+21% · '04→'15
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,965+225% · '00→'24
out-of-state $11,828SECTION 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
1.8%Median federal debt $5,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,448 (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.
+125%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · completion · 150% rose
10.0% → 22.5%
+21%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · retention rose
50.0% → 60.6%
+517%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · undergrad enrollment rose
1,762 → 10,867
+225%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · in-state tuition rose
$1,676 → $5,445
+213%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,926 → $12,308
+740%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · median debt rose
$1,250 → $10,500
-100%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · cohort default rate fell
19.9% → 0.0%
+38%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · pell share rose
27.7% → 38.3%
+29%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · earnings_median_10yr rose
$32,200 → $41,448
+29%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,400 → $39,296
+27%
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,900 → $35,336
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.$82,836Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$70,662Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$67,757Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$61,160Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$60,129Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$55,221Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$54,029Computer and Information Sciences, General.$53,853Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$51,041Accounting and Related Services.$47,115Business Administration, Management and Operations.$44,434Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$44,197Criminal Justice and Corrections.$42,644Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$41,917Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$38,818Culinary Arts and Related Services.$37,199Human Services, General.$36,838English Language and Literature/Letters, Other.$31,915
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
18 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 TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$82,836Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$51,041Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$67,757Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$60,129Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$38,818Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$70,662
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
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
$926,745
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,048
- HS-only baseline · DE
- $38,900
- 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.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Delaware
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Delaware Technical Community College-Terry graduates earn $X” — not “Delaware Technical Community College-Terry makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Delaware Technical Community College-Terry 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.