+206%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College rose 205% between 2006 and 2009 (13.9% → 42.5%).
North Carolina · Public · Predominantly associate's
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Salisbury, North Carolina. 4,073 undergraduate students. 53 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Rowan-Cabarrus 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 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.3% → 0.0%).
-24%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College fell 24% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.8k → $6.7k).
-21%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College fell 21% between 2021 and 2024 ($2.6k → $2.1k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. North Carolina
Each tile compares this institution to the North Carolina median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$34,936+15% · 6→10y
North Carolina median $36,030$30,316
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry30.0%+152% · '97→'09
North Carolina median 46.1%$8,457+260% · '97→'20
At program completion4,073+140% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS57.4%-3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$2,064+135% · '00→'24
out-of-state $6,672SECTION 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
3.2%Median federal debt $8,457 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,936 (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.
+152%
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College · completion · 150% rose
16.9% → 42.5%
+140%
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,736 → 4,164
+118%
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College · in-state tuition rose
$880 → $2,064
+260%
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $9,458
+23%
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$28,500 → $34,936
+24%
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$27,200 → $33,733
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.$72,629Criminal Justice and Corrections.$55,540Computer and Information Sciences, General.$43,581Computer and Information Sciences, General.$42,265Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$40,721Health and Medical Administrative Services.$37,844Business Administration, Management and Operations.$37,684Business Administration, Management and Operations.$33,453Health and Medical Administrative Services.$33,259Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$26,704
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 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
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Rowan-Cabarrus 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
$134,306
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 13
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $6,201
- HS-only baseline · NC
- $35,600
- 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 North Carolina
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Rowan-Cabarrus Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Rowan-Cabarrus Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Rowan-Cabarrus 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.