CIP 3001 · Associate's Degree · Sussex County Community College

Biological and Physical Sciences at Sussex County Community College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Sussex County Community College. 39 completers in the most recent 4-year window (40 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $49,819.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$49,819
New Jersey CIP-4 median $45,521
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$42,908
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
39
40 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 · 20152017$7,600
$11,725$7,60020152017
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201939
553720142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20152017-35%

Biological and Physical Sciences at Sussex County Community College · debt_median fell

11,725 → 7,600

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
$201,533
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 10year 0year 39
Cost per year
$7,334
HS-only baseline · NJ
$41,700
Years to complete
2
CIP family
30

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 3001

Biological and Physical Sciences across New Jersey institutions

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

Sussex County Community CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$49,81939 grads
Hudson County Community CollegePEER$45,52196 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 →