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Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, TX 42,300 Undergrads 24.5% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$11,130
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$4,337
After Aid
Median Earnings
$50,928
4yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$4,337
Peer Midpoint: $9,847
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$50,928
Peer Midpoint: $50,127.5
Graduation Rate24.5%
Peer Midpoint: 34.6%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients27.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time18.1%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS57.6%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
100.0%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -
ROI Sensitivity Analysis
This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.
Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$541k
+$26k
+$57k
Median Cost$4k/yr
+$534k
+$18k
+$49k
Full Cost$11k/yr
+$521k
+$5k
+$37k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
30
∞
Median Cost$4k/yr
32
617%
Full Cost$11k/yr
36
179%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
- Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
- Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
- NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.
Social Impact ROINew
Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.
Donor Return458%
Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.
Taxpayer Return81%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.
Program ROI Analysis
Certificates
Accounting and Related Services
CertCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$49,705
Natl Median: $44,589
Lifetime Value Added
+$85k
Air Transportation
CertCIP: 4901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $38,259
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CertCIP: 5109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,171
Natl Median: $57,584
Lifetime Value Added
+$204k
American Sign Language
CertCIP: 1616
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$26,284
Natl Median: $41,771
Lifetime Value Added
-$172k
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services
CertCIP: 0106
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $37,705
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,214
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1002
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $33,223
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CertCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$10,849
Earnings (4yr)
$49,328
Natl Median: $47,440
Lifetime Value Added
+$81k
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CertCIP: 5110
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $38,675
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CertCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$10,500
Earnings (4yr)
$53,883
Natl Median: $50,984
Lifetime Value Added
+$129k
Computer Programming
CertCIP: 1102
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,556
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
CertCIP: 1109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$72,828
Natl Median: $50,162
Lifetime Value Added
+$305k
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
CertCIP: 1510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,671
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Culinary Arts and Related Services
CertCIP: 1205
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$37,763
Natl Median: $30,572
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
CertCIP: 5131
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$38,566
Natl Median: $46,391
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1513
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,359
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1503
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,492
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1505
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$57,020
Natl Median: $45,268
Lifetime Value Added
+$162k
Fire Protection
CertCIP: 4302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$86,304
Natl Median: $62,436
Lifetime Value Added
+$434k
Geography and Cartography
CertCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,705
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Graphic Communications
CertCIP: 1003
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $32,130
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CertCIP: 5107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $35,447
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Hospitality Administration/Management
CertCIP: 5209
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$31,169
Natl Median: $40,962
Lifetime Value Added
-$124k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
CertCIP: 1907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$27,483
Natl Median: $31,135
Lifetime Value Added
-$164k
Legal Support Services
CertCIP: 2203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,747
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Library and Archives Assisting
CertCIP: 2503
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,350
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CertCIP: 5115
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$30,600
Natl Median: $43,365
Lifetime Value Added
-$124k
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
CertCIP: 5139
Median Debt
$10,112
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,073
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Precision Metal Working
CertCIP: 4805
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,011
Natl Median: $48,702
Lifetime Value Added
+$182k
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,511
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Real Estate
CertCIP: 5215
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$43,418
Natl Median: $46,762
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4706
Median Debt
$11,246
Earnings (4yr)
$70,953
Natl Median: $51,586
Lifetime Value Added
+$301k
Associate's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
AssocCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$51,628
Natl Median: $47,660
Lifetime Value Added
+$46k
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
AssocCIP: 5108
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$62,271
Natl Median: $42,269
Lifetime Value Added
+$158k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
AssocCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$14,683
Earnings (4yr)
$83,608
Natl Median: $65,389
Lifetime Value Added
+$350k
American Sign Language
AssocCIP: 1616
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$36,365
Natl Median: $37,886
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services
AssocCIP: 0106
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $45,283
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,767
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1002
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $35,660
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business Administration, Management and Operations
AssocCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (4yr)
$50,244
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
+$42k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
AssocCIP: 1101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$62,594
Natl Median: $54,246
Lifetime Value Added
+$161k
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
AssocCIP: 1109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,971
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
AssocCIP: 1510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,367
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminal Justice and Corrections
AssocCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$13,168
Earnings (4yr)
$47,675
Natl Median: $46,706
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Culinary Arts and Related Services
AssocCIP: 1205
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$34,177
Natl Median: $39,605
Lifetime Value Added
-$126k
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
AssocCIP: 5106
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$67,705
Natl Median: $61,982
Lifetime Value Added
+$207k
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
AssocCIP: 5131
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,303
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1513
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$38,289
Natl Median: $55,895
Lifetime Value Added
-$61k
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1503
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,792
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering, General
AssocCIP: 1401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,916
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1505
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,403
Natl Median: $55,148
Lifetime Value Added
+$120k
Fire Protection
AssocCIP: 4302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$82,312
Natl Median: $73,589
Lifetime Value Added
+$324k
Graphic Communications
AssocCIP: 1003
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$24,035
Natl Median: $36,221
Lifetime Value Added
-$213k
Health and Medical Administrative Services
AssocCIP: 5107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,668
Natl Median: $37,073
Lifetime Value Added
+$94k
Hospitality Administration/Management
AssocCIP: 5209
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$18,315
Natl Median: $41,099
Lifetime Value Added
-$275k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
AssocCIP: 1907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$28,166
Natl Median: $34,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$186k
Legal Support Services
AssocCIP: 2203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$46,074
Natl Median: $44,669
Lifetime Value Added
+$1k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
AssocCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$9,500
Earnings (4yr)
$47,741
Natl Median: $44,125
Lifetime Value Added
+$18k
Library and Archives Assisting
AssocCIP: 2503
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $33,475
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
AssocCIP: 5115
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,734
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
AssocCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $34,056
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Precision Metal Working
AssocCIP: 4805
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$39,547
Natl Median: $56,451
Lifetime Value Added
-$72k
Real Estate
AssocCIP: 5215
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,327
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
AssocCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$11,368
Earnings (4yr)
$85,970
Natl Median: $80,813
Lifetime Value Added
+$371k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
AssocCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$9,750
Earnings (4yr)
$55,136
Natl Median: $37,656
Lifetime Value Added
+$90k
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 4706
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$90,737
Natl Median: $58,424
Lifetime Value Added
+$414k
Other Programs
Accounting and Related Services
DegCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,933
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business Administration, Management and Operations
DegCIP: 5202
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,426
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business/Commerce, General
DegCIP: 5201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$51,817
Natl Median: $60,047
Lifetime Value Added
-$286k
Computer Programming
DegCIP: 1102
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,308
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
DegCIP: 5131
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,993
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
DegCIP: 1513
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,652
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
DegCIP: 1907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $36,430
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
DegCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,522
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
DegCIP: 4706
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,020
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.
For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.