+15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology rose 15% between 2006 and 2009 ($5.4k → $6.2k).
Pennsylvania · Public · Predominantly associate's
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 1,449 undergraduate students. 23 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
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 Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (6.1% → 0.0%).
+12%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology rose 12% between 2017 and 2020 ($8.9k → $10.0k).
+32%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are 32% above the public associate's-predominant peer median ($54.7k vs $41.6k).
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.
$54,681+12% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$48,985
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry60.0%+47% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$6,625+185% · '97→'20
At program completion1,449+61% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS80.1%+39% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time52.9%+70% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,050+88% · '00→'24
out-of-state $9,050SECTION 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
1.6%Median federal debt $6,625 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $54,681 (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.
+47%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · completion · 150% rose
45.1% → 66.1%
+39%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · retention rose
54.0% → 75.2%
+61%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · undergrad enrollment rose
473 → 763
+88%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · in-state tuition rose
$4,820 → $9,050
+185%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · median debt rose
$3,500 → $9,990
-100%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · cohort default rate fell
9.5% → 0.0%
+36%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · earnings_median_10yr rose
$40,100 → $54,681
+24%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · earnings_median_8yr rose
$39,200 → $48,570
+35%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,300 → $48,985
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.
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$71,734Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$65,696Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other.$64,204Precision Metal Working.$62,354Architectural Sciences and Technology.$60,685Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other.$54,767Woodworking.$53,411Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$52,520Carpenters.$52,333Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$47,791Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$47,230Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services.$42,396Graphic Communications.$28,781
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.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
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
$530,126
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,842
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 48
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
“Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology graduates earn $X” — not “Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology 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.