-18%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at East Mississippi Community College fell 18% between 2006 and 2009 (25.2% → 20.7%).
Mississippi · Public · Predominantly associate's
East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, Mississippi. 2,914 undergraduate students. 122 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at East Mississippi 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 East Mississippi Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.1% → 0.0%).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at East Mississippi Community College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($6.7k → $7.4k).
+11%
First-year retention
First-year retention at East Mississippi Community College rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (59.6% → 66.1%).
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.
$33,772+18% · 6→10y
Mississippi median $33,017$28,549
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry41.8%-61% · '97→'09
Mississippi median 46.9%$5,790+309% · '97→'20
At program completion2,914+281% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS64.2%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,950+294% · '00→'24
out-of-state $6,950SECTION 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 $5,790 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $33,772 (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.
-61%
East Mississippi Community College · completion · 150% fell
53.1% → 20.7%
+281%
East Mississippi Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
745 → 2,838
+294%
East Mississippi Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,040 → $4,095
+167%
East Mississippi Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,790 → $7,445
+309%
East Mississippi Community College · median debt rose
$2,204 → $9,006
-100%
East Mississippi Community College · cohort default rate fell
19.9% → 0.0%
-46%
East Mississippi Community College · pell share fell
82.5% → 44.8%
+26%
East Mississippi Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$26,900 → $33,772
+29%
East Mississippi Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$22,200 → $28,549
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.
Engineering, General.$70,376Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$65,915Precision Metal Working.$56,427Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.$54,700Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$52,314Precision Metal Working.$45,084Business/Commerce, General.$36,470Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$36,470Psychology, General.$36,243Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$34,866Biology, General.$33,121Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$31,146Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$30,624Social Work.$28,415Health and Medical Administrative Services.$28,363Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$28,225Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$12,972
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
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$34,866Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$65,915Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$36,470Health and Medical Administrative Services.$28,363Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$31,146
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at East Mississippi 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
-$19,003
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $5,655
- HS-only baseline · MS
- $30,200
- 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 Mississippi
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“East Mississippi Community College graduates earn $X” — not “East Mississippi Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending East Mississippi 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.