-98%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Ridge Technical College fell 98% between 2021 and 2024 (15.3% → 0.3%).
Florida · Public · Predominantly certificates
Ridge Technical College
Winter Haven, Florida. 375 undergraduate students. 20 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Ridge Technical 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.
+22%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Ridge Technical College rose 21% between 2021 and 2024 (335 → 407).
-84%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Ridge Technical College fell 84% between 2006 and 2009 (83.6% → 13.7%).
-5pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 5 pp at Ridge Technical College vs the 2003–2007 baseline (84.7% vs 89.8%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Florida
Each tile compares this institution to the Florida median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$33,484+5% · 6→10y
Florida median $36,288$31,904
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry84.7%-79% · '99→'09
Florida median 65.6%—
At program completion375-40% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS2.5%-100% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,918+166% · '00→'24
out-of-state $10,398SECTION 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.
-79%
Ridge Technical College · completion · 150% fell
65.8% → 13.7%
-100%
Ridge Technical College · retention fell
73.0% → 0.3%
-40%
Ridge Technical College · undergrad enrollment fell
681 → 407
+166%
Ridge Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,478 → $3,930
+51%
Ridge Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,955 → $10,530
+207%
Ridge Technical College · pell share rose
18.4% → 56.5%
+87%
Ridge Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$17,900 → $33,484
+67%
Ridge Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$19,600 → $32,692
+98%
Ridge Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$16,100 → $31,904
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Ridge Technical 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
$24,028
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 29
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,547
- HS-only baseline · FL
- $35,400
- Years to complete
- 1
- 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 Florida
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Ridge Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Ridge Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Ridge Technical 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.