-28%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 27% at Delaware County Community College vs the 2018–2022 baseline (7.1k vs 9.7k).
Pennsylvania · Public · Predominantly associate's
Delaware County Community College
Media, Pennsylvania. 7,065 undergraduate students. 91 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Delaware County 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.
-21%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Delaware County Community College fell 21% between 2021 and 2024 (8.7k → 6.9k).
+14%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Delaware County Community College rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($6.1k → $6.9k).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Delaware County Community College rose 11% between 2006 and 2009 ($8.7k → $9.7k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Pennsylvania
Each tile compares this institution to the Pennsylvania median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$45,391+21% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$37,658
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry20.5%-11% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$8,176+405% · '97→'20
At program completion7,065-27% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS60.8%+1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,660+210% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,940SECTION 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
2.4%Median federal debt $8,176 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $45,391 (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.
-27%
Delaware County Community College · undergrad enrollment fell
9,395 → 6,861
+210%
Delaware County Community College · in-state tuition rose
$2,235 → $6,930
+57%
Delaware County Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,195 → $9,700
+405%
Delaware County Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $13,250
-100%
Delaware County Community College · cohort default rate fell
13.9% → 0.0%
+107%
Delaware County Community College · pell share rose
19.9% → 41.2%
+22%
Delaware County Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,200 → $45,391
+20%
Delaware County Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,300 → $41,257
+21%
Delaware County Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$31,100 → $37,658
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.$85,299Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$73,758Criminal Justice and Corrections.$60,104Business Administration, Management and Operations.$55,810Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$50,717Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$46,836Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$45,978Health and Medical Administrative Services.$44,037Communication and Media Studies.$43,500Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$43,375Criminal Justice and Corrections.$43,274Psychology, General.$34,933Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$33,700
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
13 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
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
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Delaware County 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
$418,503
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 4
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,815
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 52
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 Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Delaware County Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Delaware County Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Delaware County 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.