-5%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Copiah-Lincoln Community College are 5% below the public associate's-predominant peer median ($31.2k vs $33.0k).
Mississippi · Public · Predominantly associate's
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson, Mississippi. 1,948 undergraduate students. 72 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Copiah-Lincoln 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.
+160%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Copiah-Lincoln Community College rose 160% between 2006 and 2009 (16.2% → 42.2%).
+43%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Copiah-Lincoln Community College rose 43% between 2017 and 2020 ($5.2k → $7.4k).
+18%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Copiah-Lincoln Community College rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 ($3.4k → $4.0k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Mississippi
Each tile compares this institution to the Mississippi median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$31,241+12% · 6→10y
Mississippi median $33,017$28,001
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry51.6%+893% · '99→'09
Mississippi median 46.9%$5,500+253% · '97→'20
At program completion1,948+8% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS73.5%+7% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,000+264% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,000SECTION 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 $5,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $31,241 (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.
+759%
Copiah-Lincoln Community College · completion · 150% rose
4.3% → 42.2%
+264%
Copiah-Lincoln Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,100 → $4,000
+72%
Copiah-Lincoln Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,900 → $5,000
+253%
Copiah-Lincoln Community College · median debt rose
$2,105 → $7,435
-100%
Copiah-Lincoln Community College · cohort default rate fell
24.7% → 0.0%
+117%
Copiah-Lincoln Community College · pell share rose
18.6% → 40.4%
+26%
Copiah-Lincoln Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$22,300 → $28,001
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.$67,337Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$48,773Biology, General.$36,373Precision Metal Working.$32,996Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$29,965Criminal Justice and Corrections.$29,224Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$24,519Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$24,079
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
8 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Copiah-Lincoln 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
$141,973
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $6,562
- HS-only baseline · MS
- $30,200
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 26
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 Mississippi
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Copiah-Lincoln Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Copiah-Lincoln Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Copiah-Lincoln 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.