+41%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at American Career College-Los Angeles rose 41% between 2007 and 2010 ($6.6k → $9.3k).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
American Career College-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California. 2,066 undergraduate students. 10 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at American Career College-Los Angeles
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.
+107%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at American Career College-Los Angeles rose 107% between 2007 and 2010 (38.0% → 78.8%).
-11%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at American Career College-Los Angeles fell 11% between 2009 and 2010 (88.3% → 78.8%).
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at American Career College-Los Angeles fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.5% → 0.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. California
Each tile compares this institution to the California median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$38,430+10% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$35,013
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry72.3%+8% · '97→'10
California median 61.3%$9,500+96% · '97→'10
At program completion2,066+201% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS74.6%-9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—+10% · '01→'09
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
3.3%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,430 (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.
+201%
American Career College-Los Angeles · undergrad enrollment rose
562 → 1,693
+96%
American Career College-Los Angeles · median debt rose
$4,768 → $9,324
-100%
American Career College-Los Angeles · cohort default rate fell
13.0% → 0.0%
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.
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$62,254Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$59,430Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$56,424Health and Medical Administrative Services.$50,026Health and Medical Administrative Services.$35,471Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions.$33,331Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$32,828Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$28,661Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$25,146
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 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
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$32,828Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$59,430Health and Medical Administrative Services.$35,471Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$28,661Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$56,424Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions.$33,331Health and Medical Administrative Services.$50,026Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$62,254Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$25,146
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in California
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“American Career College-Los Angeles graduates earn $X” — not “American Career College-Los Angeles makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending American Career College-Los Angeles 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.