-30%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Cuyahoga Community College District fell 30% between 2006 and 2009 (4.3% → 3.0%).
Ohio · Public · Predominantly certificates
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland, Ohio. 12,641 undergraduate students. 109 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Cuyahoga Community College District
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 Cuyahoga Community College District fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.3% → 0.0%).
-16%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Cuyahoga Community College District fell 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.6k → $7.2k).
-12%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Cuyahoga Community College District fell 12% between 2017 and 2020 ($9.2k → $8.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Ohio
Each tile compares this institution to the Ohio median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$35,654+15% · 6→10y
Ohio median $41,039$30,927
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry28.6%-39% · '97→'09
Ohio median 62.5%$4,724+174% · '97→'20
At program completion12,641-36% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS60.4%+13% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,736+85% · '00→'24
out-of-state $8,736SECTION 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
1.8%Median federal debt $4,724 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $35,654 (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.
-38%
Cuyahoga Community College District · completion · 150% fell
4.9% → 3.0%
+13%
Cuyahoga Community College District · retention rose
50.0% → 56.7%
-36%
Cuyahoga Community College District · undergrad enrollment fell
21,051 → 13,382
+85%
Cuyahoga Community College District · in-state tuition rose
$1,752 → $3,249
+51%
Cuyahoga Community College District · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,797 → $7,249
+174%
Cuyahoga Community College District · median debt rose
$2,972 → $8,150
-100%
Cuyahoga Community College District · cohort default rate fell
15.5% → 0.0%
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.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$71,951Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other.$70,317Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$69,021Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.$66,859Information Science/Studies.$63,631Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$63,572Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,146Computer Programming.$59,496Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$57,550Accounting and Related Services.$52,555Legal Support Services.$50,406Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$49,574Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$46,622Criminal Justice and Corrections.$46,113Human Resources Management and Services.$45,695Hospitality Administration/Management.$43,891Health and Medical Administrative Services.$43,803Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$43,516Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$41,472Business Administration, Management and Operations.$41,168Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$41,156Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$40,715Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$40,292Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$38,510
Showing top 24 of 32 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
32 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 TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$69,021Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,146Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$71,951Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$57,550Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$41,472Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,410Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$40,715Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$49,574Health and Medical Administrative Services.$43,803Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$32,293Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$22,578
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Cuyahoga Community College District
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
$108,163
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 16
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $6,878
- HS-only baseline · OH
- $36,400
- 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 Ohio
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Cuyahoga Community College District graduates earn $X” — not “Cuyahoga Community College District makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Cuyahoga Community College District 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.