-27%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Indian Hills Community College fell 27% between 2006 and 2009 (52.1% → 38.1%).
Iowa · Public · Predominantly associate's
Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, Iowa. 1,635 undergraduate students. 83 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Indian Hills Community 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 Indian Hills Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.0% → 0.0%).
-18%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Indian Hills Community College fell 18% between 2021 and 2024 (1.8k → 1.5k).
+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Indian Hills Community College rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.6k → $5.0k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Iowa
Each tile compares this institution to the Iowa median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$40,507+5% · 6→10y
Iowa median $42,849$38,540
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry40.4%+1% · '97→'09
Iowa median 58.4%$7,125+192% · '97→'20
At program completion1,635-7% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS58.2%-5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,872+171% · '00→'24
out-of-state $6,120SECTION 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
2.3%Median federal debt $7,125 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $40,507 (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.
+171%
Indian Hills Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,860 → $5,040
+119%
Indian Hills Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,790 → $6,120
+192%
Indian Hills Community College · median debt rose
$3,600 → $10,500
-100%
Indian Hills Community College · cohort default rate fell
18.2% → 0.0%
-33%
Indian Hills Community College · pell share fell
36.0% → 24.2%
+22%
Indian Hills Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$32,800 → $39,951
+29%
Indian Hills Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,900 → $38,540
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.
Computer Programming.$71,535Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$70,597Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$69,285Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$62,490Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$59,523Precision Metal Working.$58,915Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.$56,200Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$51,860Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$49,300Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$47,784Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$43,152Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$41,381
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
12 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
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$62,490Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$51,860Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$43,152Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$49,300Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$70,597
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Indian Hills Community 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
$122,223
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,284
- HS-only baseline · IA
- $36,800
- 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 Iowa
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Indian Hills Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Indian Hills Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Indian Hills Community 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.