Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, VA 12,082 Undergrads 23.2% Grad Rate

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Total Cost

$19,788

Sticker Price

Avg Net Price

$11,762

After Aid

Median Earnings

$48,786

4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$11,762

Peer Midpoint: $9,847

Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$48,786

Peer Midpoint: $50,127.5

Graduation Rate23.2%

Peer Midpoint: 34.6%

Socio-Economic Diversity

Pell Grant Recipients39.5%

Enrollment Status

Full-Time40.5%

Economic Outcomes

Earn More than HS54.6%

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

+$520k

+$5k

+$36k

Median Cost$12k/yr

+$499k

-$17k

+$14k

Full Cost$20k/yr

+$484k

-$31k

-$271

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age

Return on Inv. %

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

∞

Median Cost$12k/yr

67%

Full Cost$20k/yr

Never

-1%

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 Return107%

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 Return-23%

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

$8,956

Earnings (4yr)

$60,390

Natl Median: $44,589

Lifetime Value Added

+$190k

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

CertCIP: 5108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $34,272

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

CertCIP: 5109

Median Debt

$7,225

Earnings (4yr)

$55,482

Natl Median: $57,584

Lifetime Value Added

+$139k

American Sign Language

CertCIP: 1616

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,771

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

CertCIP: 0106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $37,705

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Administration, Management and Operations

CertCIP: 5202

Median Debt

$12,275

Earnings (4yr)

$37,855

Natl Median: $47,440

Lifetime Value Added

-$50k

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

CertCIP: 5204

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$42,176

Natl Median: $32,681

Lifetime Value Added

-$3k

Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1502

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,028

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$39,446

Natl Median: $38,675

Lifetime Value Added

-$33k

Computer and Information Sciences, General

CertCIP: 1101

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$80,473

Natl Median: $50,984

Lifetime Value Added

+$387k

Computer Software and Media Applications

CertCIP: 1108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,400

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Construction Trades, General

CertCIP: 4600

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,529

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Criminal Justice and Corrections

CertCIP: 4301

Median Debt

$12,304

Earnings (4yr)

$47,471

Natl Median: $57,702

Lifetime Value Added

+$54k

Culinary Arts and Related Services

CertCIP: 1205

Median Debt

$16,000

Earnings (4yr)

$30,842

Natl Median: $30,572

Lifetime Value Added

-$128k

Design and Applied Arts

CertCIP: 5004

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$30,658

Natl Median: $36,116

Lifetime Value Added

-$130k

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1513

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,359

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

CertCIP: 4603

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$64,803

Natl Median: $53,078

Lifetime Value Added

+$234k

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1503

Median Debt

$9,012

Earnings (4yr)

$65,351

Natl Median: $49,492

Lifetime Value Added

+$239k

Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General

CertCIP: 1500

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,354

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Fire Protection

CertCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $62,436

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Ground Transportation

CertCIP: 4902

Median Debt

$3,345

Earnings (4yr)

$45,471

Natl Median: $52,118

Lifetime Value Added

+$33k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

CertCIP: 5107

Median Debt

$16,973

Earnings (4yr)

$35,513

Natl Median: $35,447

Lifetime Value Added

-$76k

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

CertCIP: 4702

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,148

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Hospitality Administration/Management

CertCIP: 5209

Median Debt

$15,637

Earnings (4yr)

$34,757

Natl Median: $40,962

Lifetime Value Added

-$84k

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

CertCIP: 1907

Median Debt

$9,500

Earnings (4yr)

$29,316

Natl Median: $31,135

Lifetime Value Added

-$145k

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1506

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,294

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Legal Support Services

CertCIP: 2203

Median Debt

$12,562

Earnings (4yr)

$42,246

Natl Median: $49,747

Lifetime Value Added

-$2k

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

CertCIP: 2401

Median Debt

$9,805

Earnings (4yr)

$45,052

Natl Median: $44,906

Lifetime Value Added

+$28k

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1508

Median Debt

$4,719

Earnings (4yr)

$66,662

Natl Median: $54,024

Lifetime Value Added

+$252k

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5115

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$43,651

Natl Median: $43,365

Lifetime Value Added

+$4k

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management

CertCIP: 3103

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $46,207

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

CertCIP: 5139

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,073

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Precision Metal Working

CertCIP: 4805

Median Debt

$7,500

Earnings (4yr)

$43,620

Natl Median: $48,702

Lifetime Value Added

+$13k

Security Science and Technology

CertCIP: 4304

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $54,296

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Teaching Assistants/Aides

CertCIP: 1315

Median Debt

$9,566

Earnings (4yr)

$30,002

Natl Median: $24,479

Lifetime Value Added

-$137k

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 4706

Median Debt

$5,841

Earnings (4yr)

$51,095

Natl Median: $51,586

Lifetime Value Added

+$93k

Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 0183

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $34,862

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Visual and Performing Arts, General

CertCIP: 5001

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,600

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Associate's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

AssocCIP: 5203

Median Debt

$12,599

Earnings (4yr)

$45,829

Natl Median: $47,660

Lifetime Value Added

-$15k

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

AssocCIP: 5108

Median Debt

$9,650

Earnings (4yr)

$50,925

Natl Median: $42,269

Lifetime Value Added

+$35k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

AssocCIP: 5109

Median Debt

$10,450

Earnings (4yr)

$71,342

Natl Median: $65,389

Lifetime Value Added

+$227k

American Sign Language

AssocCIP: 1616

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $37,886

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

AssocCIP: 0106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,283

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Biological and Physical Sciences

AssocCIP: 3001

Median Debt

$9,259

Earnings (4yr)

$45,557

Natl Median: $50,181

Lifetime Value Added

-$18k

Business Administration, Management and Operations

AssocCIP: 5202

Median Debt

$9,300

Earnings (4yr)

$52,533

Natl Median: $48,733

Lifetime Value Added

+$51k

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

AssocCIP: 5204

Median Debt

$20,823

Earnings (4yr)

$41,825

Natl Median: $37,587

Lifetime Value Added

-$55k

Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1502

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $64,519

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,472

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer and Information Sciences, General

AssocCIP: 1101

Median Debt

$13,230

Earnings (4yr)

$50,852

Natl Median: $54,246

Lifetime Value Added

+$35k

Computer Software and Media Applications

AssocCIP: 1108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,737

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Criminal Justice and Corrections

AssocCIP: 4301

Median Debt

$13,050

Earnings (4yr)

$47,597

Natl Median: $46,706

Lifetime Value Added

+$3k

Culinary Arts and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1205

Median Debt

$16,637

Earnings (4yr)

$37,564

Natl Median: $39,605

Lifetime Value Added

-$98k

Design and Applied Arts

AssocCIP: 5004

Median Debt

$11,348

Earnings (4yr)

$28,976

Natl Median: $38,127

Lifetime Value Added

-$186k

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1513

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$54,518

Natl Median: $55,895

Lifetime Value Added

+$70k

Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

AssocCIP: 4603

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$67,415

Natl Median: $70,808

Lifetime Value Added

+$191k

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1503

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $67,792

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 4701

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $63,241

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Engineering, General

AssocCIP: 1401

Median Debt

$9,004

Earnings (4yr)

$76,492

Natl Median: $72,916

Lifetime Value Added

+$273k

Fire Protection

AssocCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $73,589

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Funeral Service and Mortuary Science

AssocCIP: 1203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$52,870

Natl Median: $52,962

Lifetime Value Added

+$54k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

AssocCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$45,431

Natl Median: $37,073

Lifetime Value Added

-$19k

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

AssocCIP: 4702

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $58,236

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Hospitality Administration/Management

AssocCIP: 5209

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,099

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1907

Median Debt

$16,642

Earnings (4yr)

$30,269

Natl Median: $34,184

Lifetime Value Added

-$172k

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1506

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$69,811

Natl Median: $73,593

Lifetime Value Added

+$213k

Legal Support Services

AssocCIP: 2203

Median Debt

$13,307

Earnings (4yr)

$45,823

Natl Median: $44,669

Lifetime Value Added

-$15k

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

AssocCIP: 2401

Median Debt

$9,500

Earnings (4yr)

$42,659

Natl Median: $44,125

Lifetime Value Added

-$47k

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1508

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $64,773

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mechanics and Repairers, General

AssocCIP: 4700

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,973

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5115

Median Debt

$23,200

Earnings (4yr)

$39,788

Natl Median: $40,734

Lifetime Value Added

-$75k

Music

AssocCIP: 5009

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $34,056

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

AssocCIP: 5138

Median Debt

$11,600

Earnings (4yr)

$78,996

Natl Median: $80,813

Lifetime Value Added

+$295k

Social Sciences, General

AssocCIP: 4501

Median Debt

$9,163

Earnings (4yr)

$41,334

Natl Median: $43,146

Lifetime Value Added

-$60k

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 4706

Median Debt

$7,000

Earnings (4yr)

$57,951

Natl Median: $58,424

Lifetime Value Added

+$103k

Visual and Performing Arts, Other

AssocCIP: 5099

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$16,820

Natl Median: $32,945

Lifetime Value Added

-$305k

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.