-46%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Stark State College fell 46% between 2006 and 2009 (27.7% → 15.1%).
Ohio · Public · Predominantly associate's
Stark State College
North Canton, Ohio. 5,803 undergraduate students. 123 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Stark State 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 Stark State College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.0% → 0.0%).
-18%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Stark State College fell 18% between 2021 and 2024 (7.0k → 5.7k).
-19%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Stark State College fell 19% between 2017 and 2020 ($16.9k → $13.8k).
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.
$34,661+11% · 6→10y
Ohio median $41,039$31,268
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry22.7%-15% · '97→'09
Ohio median 62.5%$6,886+425% · '97→'20
At program completion5,803+40% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS54.0%+14% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,670+20% · '00→'09
out-of-state $7,766SECTION 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
2.6%Median federal debt $6,886 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,661 (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.
+14%
Stark State College · retention rose
63.0% → 71.7%
+40%
Stark State College · undergrad enrollment rose
4,095 → 5,749
+130%
Stark State College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,435 → $7,886
+425%
Stark State College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $13,786
-100%
Stark State College · cohort default rate fell
17.2% → 0.0%
-25%
Stark State College · pell share fell
47.7% → 35.8%
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.$73,663Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$68,538Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$57,085Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.$49,239Accounting and Related Services.$48,716Criminal Justice and Corrections.$47,319Health and Medical Administrative Services.$46,153Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$44,232Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$42,094Psychology, General.$41,077Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.$40,138Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$38,205Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$37,322Business Administration, Management and Operations.$37,280Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$35,358Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,035Computer Software and Media Applications.$33,531Social Work.$27,680
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
18 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
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$73,663Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$37,322Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$68,538Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,035Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$44,232Health and Medical Administrative Services.$46,153
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Stark State 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
$62,877
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 22
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,716
- 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
“Stark State College graduates earn $X” — not “Stark State College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Stark State 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.