Associate's · Raymond, Mississippi

Is Business Operations Support and Assistant Services at Hinds Community College worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 16.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $32,802; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $16,114; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $16k (likely $16k – $16k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $801 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MS; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 16.8 years (likely 2.7–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$77k (likely −$140k – $2k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$67k (likely −$196k – $98k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 36%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26