CIP 2401 · Associate's Degree · Springfield Technical Community College

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Springfield Technical Community College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Springfield Technical Community College. 190 completers in the most recent 4-year window (215 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $44,584.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$44,584
Massachusetts CIP-4 median $42,342
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$36,138
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$6,734
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
190
215 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Springfield Technical Community College

2.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $6,734 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $44,584.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Massachusetts CIP 2401 peer-median earnings $42,342.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$6,734
$6,734$5,50020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019190
26819020142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018+22%

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Springfield Technical Community College · debt_median rose

5,500 → 6,734

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an 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
$70,745
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 22
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 22year 0year 39
Cost per year
$9,110
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.

SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →