-71%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Carrington College-Sacramento fell 71% between 2009 and 2010 (53.4% → 15.5%).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Carrington College-Sacramento
Sacramento, California. 2,262 undergraduate students. 18 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Carrington College-Sacramento
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 Carrington College-Sacramento fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.2% → 0.0%).
+45%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Carrington College-Sacramento rose 45% between 2007 and 2010 ($7.5k → $10.9k).
+68%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Carrington College-Sacramento rose 68% between 2007 and 2010 (1.0k → 1.7k).
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.
$39,633+5% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$37,870
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry51.8%-31% · '97→'24
California median 61.3%$10,460+129% · '97→'10
At program completion2,262+174% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS61.7%-11% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time—+5% · '01→'18
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
3.5%Median federal debt $10,460 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,633 (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.
-31%
Carrington College-Sacramento · completion · 150% fell
74.1% → 50.8%
-71%
Carrington College-Sacramento · completion · 100% fell
53.4% → 15.5%
-11%
Carrington College-Sacramento · retention fell
71.0% → 62.9%
+174%
Carrington College-Sacramento · undergrad enrollment rose
617 → 1,690
+129%
Carrington College-Sacramento · median debt rose
$4,750 → $10,892
-100%
Carrington College-Sacramento · cohort default rate fell
25.6% → 0.0%
+86%
Carrington College-Sacramento · pell share rose
36.0% → 66.9%
+27%
Carrington College-Sacramento · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,800 → $38,975
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$117,741Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$89,259Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$71,283Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$70,000Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$63,868Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$48,293Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$42,788Criminal Justice and Corrections.$41,940Health and Medical Administrative Services.$41,353Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$36,574Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$36,206Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,998Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$20,006
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
13 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health and Medical Administrative Services.$41,353Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$89,259Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$70,000Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$36,574Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$36,206Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$71,283Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$117,741Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,998Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$48,293Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$63,868Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$20,006
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
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
“Carrington College-Sacramento graduates earn $X” — not “Carrington College-Sacramento makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Carrington College-Sacramento 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.