California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates

Concorde Career College-San Bernardino

San Bernardino, California. 260 undergraduate students. 7 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Concorde Career College-San Bernardino

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.

ENROLLMENT CLIFF · TRENDING WORSE-64%

Undergraduate enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment fell 64% at Concorde Career College-San Bernardino vs the 2004–2008 baseline (260 vs 714).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%

3-year cohort default rate

3-year cohort default rate at Concorde Career College-San Bernardino fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.9% → 0.0%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+35%

Median federal debt at exit

Median federal debt at exit at Concorde Career College-San Bernardino rose 35% between 2007 and 2010 ($6.6k → $9.0k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-11%

First-year retention

First-year retention at Concorde Career College-San Bernardino fell 11% between 2007 and 2010 (86.0% → 76.6%).

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.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$39,993+10% · 6→10y
California median $42,588
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$36,222
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
73.1%+12% · '97→'10
California median 61.3%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$9,500+149% · '97→'10
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
260+29% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
77.5%-18% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
98.1%-2% · '01→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
annual
SECTION 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).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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

3.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,993 (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.

UNDERGRAD · 19962010729
86045119962010
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997201075.5%
88%65%19972010
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 19972010$8,955
$8,955$3,59419972010
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
RETENTION · 20042010-18%

Concorde Career College-San Bernardino · retention fell

94.0% → 76.6%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 19962010+29%

Concorde Career College-San Bernardino · undergrad enrollment rose

566 → 729

MEDIAN DEBT · 19972010+149%

Concorde Career College-San Bernardino · median debt rose

$3,594 → $8,955

COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 20112024-100%

Concorde Career College-San Bernardino · cohort default rate fell

20.4% → 0.0%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20052020+47%

Concorde Career College-San Bernardino · earnings_median_8yr rose

$28,300 → $41,483

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Concorde Career College-San Bernardino graduates earn $X” — not “Concorde Career College-San Bernardino makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Concorde Career College-San Bernardino 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.

Methodology →