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• — High Value Programs iState & industry-approved, quality-and-outcome-assured, funding-eligible training opportunities from Eligible Training Provider Lists (ETPL).
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Program Value Comparison

Wage data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2024 (published March 2025)
ROI (Wage/Cost) = BLS median annual wage for the program's SOC occupation divided by total program tuition cost. A value of 10x means the median annual wage is 10 times the cost of tuition. State-level wages are used when available; otherwise national median wages apply. Wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 estimates (published March 2025).

Value Score (0–100) = Cost (40 pts) + Duration (30 pts) + Dual Enrollment (20 pts) + ROI (30 pts), rescaled to 100. Cost is graded on total tuition (≤$2k → 40 pts; ≤$5k → 35; ≤$10k → 28; ≤$20k → 20; ≤$40k → 12; else 5). Duration is graded on clock hours (≤200 → 30 pts; ≤600 → 25; ≤1,200 → 20; ≤1,800 → 14; else 8). Dual Enrollment awards 20 pts when the program is available for dual enrollment (0 otherwise). ROI is graded on BLS median wage ÷ tuition cost (≥20× → 30 pts; ≥10× → 25; ≥5× → 20; ≥3× → 14; ≥1.5× → 8; else 3). When tuition isn’t listed, ROI falls back to absolute median wage bands (≥$80k → 20 pts; ≥$60k → 16; ≥$45k → 12; ≥$30k → 8; else 4). Factors with no data are dropped and the max-score rescales proportionally, so programs without listed cost or hours aren’t penalized.

Employability Outlook Score (0–100) = Growth (40 pts) + Openings (40 pts) + Scale (20 pts). Growth is graded on projected 10-year growth rate (≥15% → 40 pts; ≥8% → 32; ≥4% → 24; ≥0% → 14; ≥−5% → 6; else 0). Openings is graded on annual growth openings, computed as 10-year numeric change ÷ 10 (≥50k → 40 pts; ≥20k → 32; ≥8k → 24; ≥2k → 16; ≥500 → 10; >0 → 5; else 0). Scale is graded on the current U.S. workforce for the occupation (≥1M → 20 pts; ≥500k → 16; ≥200k → 12; ≥50k → 8; >0 → 4; else 0). Projection data is national (applied by SOC code) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024–2034 program; wages are state-specific when available. This is a hybrid signal: wages = local, growth & openings = national proxy.