-27%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College fell 27% between 2006 and 2009 (15.7% → 11.4%).
South Carolina · Public · Predominantly certificates
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College
Orangeburg, South Carolina. 1,564 undergraduate students. 41 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical 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 Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.7% → 0.0%).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($7.5k → $8.4k).
+10%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.7k → $5.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. South Carolina
Each tile compares this institution to the South Carolina median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$35,761+13% · 6→10y
South Carolina median $39,325$31,617
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry40.5%-60% · '97→'09
South Carolina median 44.4%$7,000+302% · '97→'20
At program completion1,564-7% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS66.7%+13% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,970+302% · '00→'24
out-of-state $7,970SECTION 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 $7,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $35,761 (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.
-60%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · completion · 150% fell
28.3% → 11.4%
+13%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · retention rose
58.0% → 65.5%
+302%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,296 → $5,210
+145%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,408 → $8,354
+302%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $10,562
-100%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · cohort default rate fell
11.3% → 0.0%
-20%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · pell share fell
56.9% → 45.5%
+32%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$27,000 → $35,761
+36%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$24,500 → $33,309
+44%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$22,000 → $31,617
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 Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$93,205Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$67,582Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$57,777Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$57,439Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$53,441Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$45,390Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$31,826
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
7 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical 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
$294,632
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $6,659
- HS-only baseline · SC
- $33,700
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 51
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 South Carolina
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Orangeburg Calhoun Technical 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.