-28%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 28% at Alaska Career College vs the 2018–2022 baseline (255 vs 355).
Alaska · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Alaska Career College
Anchorage, Alaska. 255 undergraduate students. 11 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Alaska Career College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Alaska Career College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.7% → 0.0%).
-21%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Alaska Career College fell 21% between 2021 and 2024 (317 → 250).
-8pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 8 pp at Alaska Career College vs the 2004–2008 baseline (64.8% vs 72.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Alaska
Each tile compares this institution to the Alaska median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$34,468-4% · 6→10y
Alaska median $48,475$35,863
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry64.8%+4% · '97→'10
Alaska median 41.3%$7,199+211% · '97→'20
At program completion255+125% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS71.0%-10% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.8%Median federal debt $7,199 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,468 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-10%
Alaska Career College · retention fell
84.0% → 75.6%
+70%
Alaska Career College · undergrad enrollment rose
111 → 250
+211%
Alaska Career College · median debt rose
$2,375 → $7,377
-100%
Alaska Career College · cohort default rate fell
19.2% → 0.0%
-24%
Alaska Career College · pell share fell
53.0% → 40.4%
+24%
Alaska Career College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$27,700 → $34,468
+22%
Alaska Career College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$27,700 → $33,844
+28%
Alaska Career College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$28,000 → $35,863
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Accounting and Related Services.$46,399Health and Medical Administrative Services.$39,454Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.$37,149Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$36,820Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$33,184Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.$28,976
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
6 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Alaska
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Alaska Career College graduates earn $X” — not “Alaska Career College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Alaska Career College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.