+14%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Northeast Community College rose 14% between 2017 and 2020 ($9.7k → $11.0k).
Nebraska · Public · Predominantly associate's
Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska. 2,464 undergraduate students. 83 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Northeast 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 Northeast Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.0%).
+10%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Northeast Community College are 10% above the public associate's-predominant peer median ($42.6k vs $38.8k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Nebraska
Each tile compares this institution to the Nebraska median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$42,634+7% · 6→10y
Nebraska median $47,592$39,950
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry55.8%-3% · '99→'09
Nebraska median 55.9%$7,244+221% · '97→'20
At program completion2,464+31% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS71.4%+12% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—+173% · '03→'04
latest cohort$3,840+144% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,130SECTION 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 $7,244 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,634 (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.
+12%
Northeast Community College · retention rose
67.0% → 74.8%
+31%
Northeast Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,824 → 2,387
+144%
Northeast Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,576 → $3,840
+166%
Northeast Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,928 → $5,130
+221%
Northeast Community College · median debt rose
$3,427 → $11,000
-100%
Northeast Community College · cohort default rate fell
16.7% → 0.0%
-31%
Northeast Community College · pell share fell
23.7% → 16.3%
+33%
Northeast Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$32,000 → $42,634
+36%
Northeast Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,100 → $40,804
+37%
Northeast Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,200 → $39,950
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.$81,805Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$66,603Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$63,942Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$58,150Precision Metal Working.$54,402Agricultural Business and Management.$51,904Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$51,318Business Administration, Management and Operations.$50,541Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection.$47,374Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$46,424Plant Sciences.$45,506Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$43,845Criminal Justice and Corrections.$43,389Animal Sciences.$43,123Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$41,915Business/Commerce, General.$38,828Accounting and Related Services.$38,188Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$37,529Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$36,426Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians.$35,903Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$34,382Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians.$34,163Psychology, General.$30,961
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
23 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$58,150Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$63,942Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$66,603Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$43,845Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$46,424
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Northeast 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
$129,294
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $8,368
- HS-only baseline · NE
- $36,900
- 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 Nebraska
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Northeast Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Northeast Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Northeast 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.