CIP 1107 · Associate's Degree · Normandale Community College

Computer Science at Normandale Community College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Normandale Community College. 50 completers in the most recent 4-year window (38 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $87,668.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$87,668
Minnesota CIP-4 median $69,928
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$72,391
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
50
38 most recent year
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 · 20142016$13,375
$13,375$10,50020142016
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201950
502920142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142016+27%

Computer Science at Normandale Community College · debt_median rose

10,500 → 13,375

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
$1,243,476
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 3year 0year 39
Cost per year
$12,653
HS-only baseline · MN
$39,400
Years to complete
2
CIP family
11

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 1107

Computer Science across Minnesota institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Minnesota Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

Normandale Community CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$87,66850 grads
North Hennepin Community CollegePEER$69,92825 grads
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 →