-37%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Dalton State College fell 37% between 2006 and 2009 (26.1% → 16.5%).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Dalton State College
Dalton, Georgia. 4,419 undergraduate students. 42 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Dalton State 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 Dalton State College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.2% → 0.0%).
-21%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Dalton State College fell 21% between 2021 and 2024 (9.9% → 7.8%).
-14%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Dalton State College fell 14% between 2017 and 2020 ($15.0k → $12.9k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Georgia
Each tile compares this institution to the Georgia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$40,251+7% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$37,491
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry29.6%+34% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$7,361+441% · '97→'20
At program completion4,419+53% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS59.5%+11% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—-30% · '04→'12
latest cohort$3,283+139% · '00→'24
out-of-state $10,189SECTION 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
2.4%Median federal debt $7,361 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $40,251 (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.
+34%
Dalton State College · completion · 150% rose
12.3% → 16.5%
+11%
Dalton State College · retention rose
64.0% → 70.9%
+53%
Dalton State College · undergrad enrollment rose
2,985 → 4,553
+139%
Dalton State College · in-state tuition rose
$1,394 → $3,336
+104%
Dalton State College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,234 → $10,656
+441%
Dalton State College · median debt rose
$2,390 → $12,937
-100%
Dalton State College · cohort default rate fell
21.3% → 0.0%
+22%
Dalton State College · pell share rose
40.9% → 49.9%
+30%
Dalton State College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,900 → $40,251
+33%
Dalton State College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$29,400 → $38,970
+38%
Dalton State College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,100 → $37,491
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.$91,520Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$67,440Management Information Systems and Services.$61,485Accounting and Related Services.$58,722Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$51,564Marketing.$49,708Business Administration, Management and Operations.$49,581Biology, General.$48,533Social Work.$45,486Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$44,135Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$43,411Criminal Justice and Corrections.$42,922Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$42,302Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$41,624History.$40,406Psychology, General.$39,255
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
16 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$67,440Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$91,520Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$43,411Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$44,135Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$51,564
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Dalton State 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
$149,115
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $6,260
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- 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 Georgia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Dalton State College graduates earn $X” — not “Dalton State College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Dalton State 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.