-14pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 14 pp at Mitchell Technical College vs the 2003–2007 baseline (70.7% vs 85.1%).
South Dakota · Public · Predominantly associate's
Mitchell Technical College
Mitchell, South Dakota. 953 undergraduate students. 46 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Mitchell 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 Mitchell Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.6% → 0.0%).
+19%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Mitchell Technical College rose 18% between 2006 and 2009 (69.8% → 82.7%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. South Dakota
Each tile compares this institution to the South Dakota median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$50,743+6% · 6→10y
South Dakota median $46,709$47,849
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry70.7%+53% · '97→'09
South Dakota median 59.6%$8,403+98% · '97→'20
At program completion953+53% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS83.7%+12% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$7,524+164% · '00→'24
out-of-state $7,524SECTION 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
2.2%Median federal debt $8,403 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $50,743 (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.
+53%
Mitchell Technical College · completion · 150% rose
54.0% → 82.7%
+12%
Mitchell Technical College · retention rose
76.0% → 85.0%
+53%
Mitchell Technical College · undergrad enrollment rose
647 → 990
+164%
Mitchell Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$2,850 → $7,524
+164%
Mitchell Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,850 → $7,524
+98%
Mitchell Technical College · median debt rose
$6,050 → $12,000
-100%
Mitchell Technical College · cohort default rate fell
11.3% → 0.0%
-37%
Mitchell Technical College · pell share fell
51.1% → 32.3%
+34%
Mitchell Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,800 → $50,743
+37%
Mitchell Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,600 → $47,285
+46%
Mitchell Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$32,800 → $47,849
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 and Power Transmission Installers.$90,949Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.$78,885Construction Trades, Other.$76,141Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$70,793Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$64,545Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,742Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$50,410Agricultural Mechanization.$50,099Geography and Cartography.$49,666Agricultural Production Operations.$49,456Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$47,853Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection.$45,504Accounting and Related Services.$39,840Culinary Arts and Related Services.$36,953Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$32,907Health and Medical Administrative Services.$30,576
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
16 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
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Mitchell 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
$1,263,431
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 1
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $13,876
- HS-only baseline · SD
- $35,900
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 46
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 Dakota
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Mitchell Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Mitchell Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Mitchell 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.