-21%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Copper Mountain Community College are 21% below the public associate's-predominant peer median ($33.3k vs $42.3k).
California · Public · Predominantly associate's
Copper Mountain Community College
Joshua Tree, California. 1,090 undergraduate students. 37 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Copper Mountain Community 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.
+60%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Copper Mountain Community College rose 60% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.5k → $13.6k).
-41%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Copper Mountain Community College fell 41% between 2006 and 2009 (62.0% → 36.5%).
-37%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Copper Mountain Community College fell 37% between 2006 and 2009 (27.3% → 17.3%).
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.
$33,281+15% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$28,840
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry38.3%
California median 61.3%$9,250+68% · '97→'09
At program completion1,090
latest IPEDS60.7%-46% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$1,114+103% · '00→'09
out-of-state $11,050SECTION 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
3.7%Median federal debt $9,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $33,281 (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.
+345%
Copper Mountain Community College · completion · 150% rose
0.0% → 17.3%
-46%
Copper Mountain Community College · retention fell
67.0% → 36.5%
+863%
Copper Mountain Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
0 → 1,725
+32%
Copper Mountain Community College · in-state tuition rose
$308 → $625
+307%
Copper Mountain Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,336 → $13,570
+68%
Copper Mountain Community College · median debt rose
$4,774 → $8,000
-100%
Copper Mountain Community College · cohort default rate fell
25.0% → 0.0%
+25%
Copper Mountain Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$27,200 → $33,887
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
“Copper Mountain Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Copper Mountain Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Copper Mountain Community 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.