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Earnings Indicator Launched on FAFSA. How Many NC Institutions Are Flagged for Students?

Most of the flagged institutions are trade schools, but a few private colleges and one community college make the list.

A FAFSA bulletin at Wake Technical Community College. (Analisa Archer/EdNC)
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The (DOE) has launched a new earnings indicator for students as part of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA庐) process, according to a .

Using existing federal data, the indicator provides students and their families with information about a school鈥檚 post-graduation earnings, says the release.

Of 162 North Carolina institutions in the database, 27 are flagged as having 鈥渓ower earnings鈥� and 13 do not have available data. Most of the flagged institutions are trade schools, but a few private colleges and one community college make the list.

Once a student completes the FAFSA process, the submission summary will now present key earnings data for each institution they have expressed interest in attending. If the institution鈥檚 average earnings are below those of the average high school graduate, the form will generate a 鈥渓ower earnings鈥� disclosure, says the release.

This is what students will see in their FAFSA submission summary. Courtesy of U.S. Department of Education

A spreadsheet for the new earnings indicator is now posted on the聽, and the department will update the indicator as more recent earnings data become available on the , a tool managed by DOE that provides data to help students compare colleges. The from the Census Bureau鈥檚 American Community Survey and IPEDS. Currently, some of the data relied on for the indicator is more than five years old.

You can download the spreadsheet , by clicking on the hyperlinked 鈥淓arnings Data.鈥� To isolate data for North Carolina, in column F, deselect 鈥淎ll,鈥� and then select 鈥淣C.鈥� You should end up with a list of 162 institutions. In column K on the far right, you can see whether the department has flagged an institution as 鈥渓ower earnings鈥� for students. Use the column drop down, deselect 鈥淎ll,鈥� and then select 鈥淵es鈥� to see which institutions are flagged. Additional information about the methodology is included on the spreadsheet in the definitions tab.

Flagged

  1. Leons Beauty School Inc
  2. Louisburg College
  3. Miller-Motte College-Wilmington
  4. Mitchells Academy
  5. College of Wilmington
  6. Pamlico Community College
  7. Paul Mitchell the School-Fayetteville
  8. Winston Salem Barber School
  9. Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology
  10. Gwinnett College
  11. Paul Mitchell the School-Charlotte
  12. Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary
  13. Empire Beauty School-Concord
  14. Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill
  15. Center for Massage
  16. Miller-Motte College-Raleigh
  17. Health And Style Institute
  18. Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville
  19. Empire Beauty School-Charlotte
  20. Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem
  21. Empire Beauty School-Pineville
  22. Carolina College of Hair Design Inc
  23. Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville
  24. Paul Mitchell the School-Raleigh
  25. Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro
  26. Beyond Measure Barbering Institute
  27. Elevate Salon Institute

Data not available

  1. Heritage Bible College
  2. Carolina Christian College
  3. Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College
  4. Hood Theological Seminary
  5. Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts
  6. Carolina College of Biblical Studies
  7. Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine
  8. Shepherds Theological Seminary
  9. Manna University
  10. Alexander Paul Institute of Hair Design
  11. Bull City Durham Beauty and Barber College
  12. No Grease Barber School
  13. One Stop Academy

鈥淢ore than half of all Americans now say a college degree is not worth the price, and total outstanding student loan debt is approaching $1.7 trillion. Families deserve a clearer picture of how postsecondary education connects to real-world earnings, and this new indicator will provide that transparency,鈥澛爏aid Secretary of Education .

Nicholas Kent, under secretary of the department, published this , 鈥淚ntroducing the New Earnings Indicator on the FAFSA庐 Form,鈥� covering why transparency matters, how the indicators works, and how to use the data to strengthen decision-making.

鈥淭his feature reflects our ongoing commitment to providing students and families with the information they need to plan confidently and pursue their desired future,鈥� writes Kent.

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