-18%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Savannah Technical College fell 18% between 2017 and 2020 ($4.0k → $3.3k).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly certificates
Savannah Technical College
Savannah, Georgia. 2,967 undergraduate students. 74 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Savannah 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.
+17%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Savannah Technical College rose 17% between 2021 and 2024 (47.7% → 55.8%).
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.
$33,018+6% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$31,124
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry36.5%+8% · '99→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$3,466+6% · '11→'20
At program completion2,967+266% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS57.4%+16% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,072+221% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,472SECTION 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
1.4%Median federal debt $3,466 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $33,018 (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.
+16%
Savannah Technical College · retention rose
48.0% → 55.8%
+266%
Savannah Technical College · undergrad enrollment rose
919 → 3,366
+221%
Savannah Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,038 → $3,330
+210%
Savannah Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,902 → $5,898
+32%
Savannah Technical College · pell share rose
39.4% → 51.9%
+24%
Savannah Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$26,700 → $33,018
+29%
Savannah Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$24,500 → $31,724
+31%
Savannah Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$23,700 → $31,124
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.
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$64,165Criminal Justice and Corrections.$49,321Precision Metal Working.$44,468Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$43,238Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$42,213Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$40,119Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$37,718Ground Transportation.$37,064Business Administration, Management and Operations.$36,499Criminal Justice and Corrections.$36,109Health and Medical Administrative Services.$33,341Accounting and Related Services.$32,981Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$31,393Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$29,987Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$15,846
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
15 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$29,987Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$42,213Health and Medical Administrative Services.$33,341Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$43,238Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$37,718Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$64,165Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$31,393
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Savannah 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
$143,023
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,768
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 47
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
“Savannah Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Savannah Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Savannah 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.