-29%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Pierpont Community and Technical College fell 29% between 2006 and 2009 (11.4% → 8.1%).
West Virginia · Public · Predominantly certificates
Pierpont Community and Technical College
Fairmont, West Virginia. 906 undergraduate students. 43 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Pierpont Community and 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.
-20%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 20% at Pierpont Community and Technical College vs the 2018–2022 baseline (906 vs 1.1k).
+13%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Pierpont Community and Technical College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($5.1k → $5.8k).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Pierpont Community and Technical College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($12.1k → $13.7k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. West Virginia
Each tile compares this institution to the West Virginia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$35,132+11% · 6→10y
West Virginia median $37,714$31,618
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry39.1%-33% · '03→'09
West Virginia median 61.2%$8,618+5% · '03→'20
At program completion906-71% · '03→'24
latest IPEDS63.0%-14% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,594+112% · '03→'24
out-of-state $13,262SECTION 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
3.3%Median federal debt $8,618 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $35,132 (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.
-33%
Pierpont Community and Technical College · completion · 150% fell
12.0% → 8.1%
-14%
Pierpont Community and Technical College · retention fell
69.0% → 59.0%
-71%
Pierpont Community and Technical College · undergrad enrollment fell
3,295 → 959
+112%
Pierpont Community and Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$2,712 → $5,762
+108%
Pierpont Community and Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,560 → $13,660
-46%
Pierpont Community and Technical College · pell share fell
41.0% → 21.9%
+25%
Pierpont Community and Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$25,300 → $31,618
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.$131,521Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians.$91,275Science Technologies/Technicians, Other.$66,345Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.$59,345Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$51,476Criminal Justice and Corrections.$48,260Health and Medical Administrative Services.$40,442Culinary Arts and Related Services.$37,821Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$35,489Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$33,434Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$31,673Business/Commerce, General.$30,992Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$26,725
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
13 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
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 41
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Pierpont Community and 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
$83,982
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 18
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,443
- HS-only baseline · WV
- $32,100
- 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 West Virginia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Pierpont Community and Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Pierpont Community and Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Pierpont Community and 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.