-10%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis fell 10% between 2006 and 2009 (56.2% → 50.4%).
Indiana · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana. 1,004 undergraduate students. 10 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis
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 Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.9% → 0.0%).
-10pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 10 pp at Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis vs the 2003–2007 baseline (52.9% vs 62.7%).
+88%
For-profit certificate-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis are 88% above the for-profit certificate-predominant peer median ($46.4k vs $24.7k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Indiana
Each tile compares this institution to the Indiana median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$46,396+9% · 6→10y
Indiana median $46,945$42,500
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry52.9%-16% · '97→'09
Indiana median 60.7%$9,524+125% · '97→'20
At program completion1,004+133% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS58.5%-16% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 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
2.7%Median federal debt $9,524 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $46,396 (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%
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis · retention fell
74.0% → 62.3%
+133%
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis · undergrad enrollment rose
452 → 1,052
+125%
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis · median debt rose
$5,206 → $11,730
-100%
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis · cohort default rate fell
33.8% → 0.0%
-34%
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis · pell share fell
94.1% → 62.0%
+33%
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis · earnings_median_10yr rose
$35,000 → $46,396
+36%
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,600 → $47,206
+36%
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis · earnings_median_6yr rose
$31,300 → $42,500
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.
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$55,025Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$54,059Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$52,774Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$52,216Precision Metal Working.$48,015Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$47,664Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$43,389Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$41,832Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$39,148
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$47,664Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$52,774Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$39,148Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$41,832Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$55,025Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$52,216
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis
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
$274,649
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $31,262
- HS-only baseline · IN
- $36,400
- 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 Indiana
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis graduates earn $X” — not “Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis 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.