-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Southeast Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.8% → 0.0%).
South Dakota · Public · Predominantly associate's
Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 2,164 undergraduate students. 49 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Southeast 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.
+11%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Southeast Technical College rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (2.1k → 2.3k).
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.
$46,709+8% · 6→10y
South Dakota median $46,709$43,427
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry50.8%-4% · '99→'09
South Dakota median 59.6%$9,500+96% · '97→'20
At program completion2,164+31% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS71.3%+11% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$7,650+261% · '00→'24
out-of-state $7,650SECTION 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
2.7%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $46,709 (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.
+11%
Southeast Technical College · retention rose
63.0% → 69.8%
+31%
Southeast Technical College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,760 → 2,310
+261%
Southeast Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$2,120 → $7,650
+261%
Southeast Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,120 → $7,650
+96%
Southeast Technical College · median debt rose
$6,125 → $12,000
-100%
Southeast Technical College · cohort default rate fell
8.8% → 0.0%
-60%
Southeast Technical College · pell share fell
85.2% → 34.5%
+27%
Southeast Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$36,900 → $46,709
+31%
Southeast Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,300 → $46,398
+29%
Southeast Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$33,700 → $43,427
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.
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other.$67,993Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians.$64,655Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.$60,459Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$59,441Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$57,686Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$56,294Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$54,505Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$52,722Criminal Justice and Corrections.$49,537Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services.$47,472Precision Metal Working.$46,533Health and Medical Administrative Services.$45,951Business/Commerce, General.$44,994Marketing.$44,473Health and Medical Administrative Services.$41,569Graphic Communications.$40,587Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$37,389Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$34,479Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$33,752
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
19 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
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Southeast 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
$400,903
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,103
- HS-only baseline · SD
- $35,900
- 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 Dakota
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Southeast Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Southeast Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Southeast 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.