+21%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Northern Essex Community College rose 21% between 2021 and 2024 ($5.5k → $6.7k).
Massachusetts · Public · Predominantly associate's
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill, Massachusetts. 3,350 undergraduate students. 62 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Northern Essex 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 Northern Essex Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.9% → 0.0%).
-16%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Northern Essex Community College fell 16% between 2006 and 2009 (15.7% → 13.2%).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Northern Essex Community College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($11.3k → $12.5k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Massachusetts
Each tile compares this institution to the Massachusetts median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$42,862+18% · 6→10y
Massachusetts median $56,022$36,235
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry19.0%-16% · '99→'09
Massachusetts median 66.5%$5,661+274% · '97→'20
At program completion3,350-2% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS63.1%+10% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,688+284% · '00→'24
out-of-state $11,472SECTION 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
1.8%Median federal debt $5,661 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,862 (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.
+284%
Northern Essex Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,752 → $6,732
+80%
Northern Essex Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,960 → $12,516
+274%
Northern Essex Community College · median debt rose
$2,405 → $9,000
-100%
Northern Essex Community College · cohort default rate fell
17.1% → 0.0%
+34%
Northern Essex Community College · pell share rose
31.0% → 41.4%
+33%
Northern Essex Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$29,700 → $39,480
+29%
Northern Essex Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$28,000 → $36,235
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.$85,914Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other.$81,023Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$73,608Accounting and Related Services.$61,448Business/Commerce, General.$58,679Computer and Information Sciences, General.$56,958Criminal Justice and Corrections.$48,911Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$45,610Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$43,911Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$41,894Health and Medical Administrative Services.$41,559Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$38,653Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$38,208Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$37,538Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$36,942Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$35,662Visual and Performing Arts, General.$29,828
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
17 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
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$36,942Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$41,894Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$38,653Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$45,610Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$73,608Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$37,538Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$85,914Health and Medical Administrative Services.$41,559Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$35,662
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Northern Essex 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
$65,437
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 22
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $4,619
- HS-only baseline · MA
- $42,600
- 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 Massachusetts
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Northern Essex Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Northern Essex Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Northern Essex 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.