+15%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 (622 → 714).
Tennessee · Public · Predominantly certificates
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson
Dickson, Tennessee. 622 undergraduate students. 14 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson
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.
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Tennessee
Each tile compares this institution to the Tennessee median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$36,829-1% · 6→10y
Tennessee median $38,880$37,146
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry76.5%+35% · '97→'09
Tennessee median 57.6%—
At program completion622+318% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS71.2%+14% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 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 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.
+35%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson · completion · 150% rose
50.0% → 67.5%
+14%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson · retention rose
65.0% → 73.9%
+272%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson · undergrad enrollment rose
171 → 714
+23%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,200 → $36,996
+30%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson · earnings_median_6yr rose
$28,600 → $37,146
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.
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$55,264Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$47,640Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$46,776Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$38,734Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$36,972Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$34,658Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$20,216
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.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson
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
$322,918
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,235
- HS-only baseline · TN
- $34,600
- 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 Tennessee
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson graduates earn $X” — not “Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson 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.