-42%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Mid-State Technical College fell 42% between 2006 and 2009 (49.5% → 28.6%).
Wisconsin · Public · Predominantly certificates
Mid-State Technical College
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. 2,031 undergraduate students. 67 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Mid-State 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 Mid-State Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.3% → 0.0%).
+13%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Mid-State Technical College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.4k → $5.0k).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Mid-State Technical College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($6.4k → $7.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Wisconsin
Each tile compares this institution to the Wisconsin median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$42,253+8% · 6→10y
Wisconsin median $46,297$39,007
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry54.0%-30% · '97→'09
Wisconsin median 58.4%$5,112+300% · '97→'20
At program completion2,031-14% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS65.0%-3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,886+142% · '00→'24
out-of-state $7,016SECTION 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
1.6%Median federal debt $5,112 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,253 (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.
-30%
Mid-State Technical College · completion · 150% fell
40.6% → 28.6%
+142%
Mid-State Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$2,070 → $5,002
-51%
Mid-State Technical College · out-of-state tuition fell
$14,665 → $7,171
+300%
Mid-State Technical College · median debt rose
$2,000 → $8,000
-100%
Mid-State Technical College · cohort default rate fell
12.4% → 0.0%
-30%
Mid-State Technical College · pell share fell
33.7% → 23.8%
+31%
Mid-State Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$32,300 → $42,253
+35%
Mid-State Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,200 → $40,813
+33%
Mid-State Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,400 → $39,007
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.
Criminal Justice and Corrections.$60,196Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$52,861Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$51,574Criminal Justice and Corrections.$49,417Precision Metal Working.$48,741Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$45,485Business Administration, Management and Operations.$45,333Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$39,213Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$36,952
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$51,574Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$45,485Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$52,861Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$36,952Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$39,213
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Mid-State 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
$355,583
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,381
- HS-only baseline · WI
- $37,100
- 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 Wisconsin
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Mid-State Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Mid-State Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Mid-State 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.