+406%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College rose 406% between 2006 and 2009 (6.8% → 34.5%).
Louisiana · Public · Predominantly certificates
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College
Minden, Louisiana. 837 undergraduate students. 19 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Northwest Louisiana Technical 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.
+20%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College rose 20% between 2021 and 2024 (65.6% → 78.7%).
+11%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (779 → 866).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Louisiana
Each tile compares this institution to the Louisiana median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$32,503+5% · 6→10y
Louisiana median $33,099$31,084
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry73.0%-54% · '98→'09
Louisiana median 52.0%—
At program completion837+172% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS85.0%+102% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,109+690% · '00→'24
out-of-state $4,109SECTION 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.
-54%
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College · completion · 150% fell
74.3% → 34.5%
+102%
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College · retention rose
39.0% → 78.7%
+172%
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
318 → 866
+359%
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College · in-state tuition rose
$520 → $4,109
+295%
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,040 → $4,109
+79%
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College · pell share rose
31.3% → 56.0%
+42%
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$21,900 → $31,084
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.
Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians.$94,383Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians.$65,377Ground Transportation.$53,557Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$45,432Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$40,325Precision Metal Working.$34,656Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$34,410Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$33,882Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$25,336Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies.$22,513
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 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
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Northwest Louisiana Technical 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
$1,406,118
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 1
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,510
- HS-only baseline · LA
- $32,800
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 15
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 Louisiana
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Northwest Louisiana Technical 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.