-11%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Tidewater Community College fell 11% between 2021 and 2024 (13.6k → 12.1k).
Virginia · Public · Predominantly associate's
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, Virginia. 11,797 undergraduate students. 84 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Tidewater Community 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 Tidewater Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.8% → 0.0%).
+51%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Tidewater Community College rose 51% between 2006 and 2009 (8.9% → 13.5%).
+13%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Tidewater Community College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (56.6% → 63.8%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Virginia
Each tile compares this institution to the Virginia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$38,349+17% · 6→10y
Virginia median $44,813$32,700
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry30.1%+35% · '97→'09
Virginia median 50.7%$5,810+281% · '97→'20
At program completion11,797+0% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS56.2%+6% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,714+324% · '00→'24
out-of-state $11,717SECTION 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
2.0%Median federal debt $5,810 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,349 (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.
+35%
Tidewater Community College · completion · 150% rose
10.0% → 13.5%
+324%
Tidewater Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,319 → $5,588
+133%
Tidewater Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,275 → $12,296
+281%
Tidewater Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $10,000
-100%
Tidewater Community College · cohort default rate fell
16.7% → 0.0%
+29%
Tidewater Community College · pell share rose
23.2% → 30.1%
+21%
Tidewater Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$31,800 → $38,349
+23%
Tidewater Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$26,500 → $32,700
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.
Engineering, General.$79,752Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$73,293Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$67,446Funeral Service and Mortuary Science.$66,050Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.$60,555Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$60,408Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$54,590Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$52,318Business Administration, Management and Operations.$48,451Health and Medical Administrative Services.$46,627Accounting and Related Services.$46,559Ground Transportation.$45,546Criminal Justice and Corrections.$43,945Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$43,651Computer and Information Sciences, General.$42,942Precision Metal Working.$42,294Biological and Physical Sciences.$41,396Legal Support Services.$40,986Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$40,534Social Sciences, General.$36,694Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$33,092Design and Applied Arts.$29,918Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$29,906Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$28,479
Showing top 24 of 25 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
25 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 · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$52,318Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$67,446Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$73,293Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$29,906Health and Medical Administrative Services.$46,627Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$43,651
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Tidewater Community 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
$42,093
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 26
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $8,811
- HS-only baseline · VA
- $39,800
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
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 Virginia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Tidewater Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Tidewater Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Tidewater Community 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.