-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.2% → 0.0%).
Mississippi · Public · Predominantly associate's
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi. 6,231 undergraduate students. 139 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Mississippi Gulf Coast 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.
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.
$33,017+16% · 6→10y
Mississippi median $33,017$28,421
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry47.4%-6% · '97→'09
Mississippi median 46.9%$6,625+294% · '97→'20
At program completion6,231-34% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS64.6%+4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,950+337% · '00→'24
out-of-state $7,250SECTION 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
2.7%Median federal debt $6,625 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $33,017 (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.
-34%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College · undergrad enrollment fell
9,687 → 6,353
+328%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College · in-state tuition rose
$972 → $4,250
+186%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,746 → $7,850
+294%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College · median debt rose
$2,540 → $10,000
-100%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College · cohort default rate fell
16.6% → 0.0%
+26%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College · pell share rose
31.1% → 39.2%
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.
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$118,072Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians.$92,119Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$69,473Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$66,502Engineering, General.$46,925Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$46,422Business Administration, Management and Operations.$40,097Computer Programming.$39,971Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$36,117Criminal Justice and Corrections.$33,464Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$33,340Marketing.$32,958Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$32,497Biology, General.$32,243Health and Medical Administrative Services.$32,001Precision Metal Working.$31,800Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$31,785Culinary Arts and Related Services.$27,464Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$25,831Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$25,812Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$20,327
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
21 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
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$69,473Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$46,422Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$25,831Health and Medical Administrative Services.$32,001Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$33,340Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$31,785
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Mississippi Gulf Coast 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
$62,847
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 20
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,496
- 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
“Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Mississippi Gulf Coast 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.