+33%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Fresno City College rose 33% between 2007 and 2010 ($2.6k → $3.5k).
California · Public · Predominantly associate's
Fresno City College
Fresno, California. 18,774 undergraduate students. 132 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Fresno City 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.
+30%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Fresno City College rose 30% between 2007 and 2010 ($508 → $658).
+19%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Fresno City College rose 19% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.5k → $10.2k).
-15%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Fresno City College fell 15% between 2009 and 2010 (7.2% → 6.1%).
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.
$37,361+24% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$30,049
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry28.3%-26% · '97→'24
California median 61.3%$3,500+40% · '97→'10
At program completion18,774+63% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS70.3%+3% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$1,334+99% · '00→'10
out-of-state $9,454SECTION 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
1.2%Median federal debt $3,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $37,361 (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.
-26%
Fresno City College · completion · 150% fell
31.7% → 23.5%
+63%
Fresno City College · undergrad enrollment rose
13,112 → 21,342
+33%
Fresno City College · in-state tuition rose
$330 → $658
+165%
Fresno City College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,830 → $10,154
+40%
Fresno City College · median debt rose
$2,498 → $3,500
-100%
Fresno City College · cohort default rate fell
29.6% → 0.0%
+22%
Fresno City College · pell share rose
29.1% → 35.5%
+28%
Fresno City College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$23,400 → $30,049
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.$97,609Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$96,561Legal Support Services.$51,833Sociology.$51,703Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$49,695Communication and Media Studies.$48,933Criminal Justice and Corrections.$48,076Biology, General.$47,717Criminal Justice and Corrections.$47,694Business Administration, Management and Operations.$46,195Human Services, General.$44,145Psychology, General.$34,638Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$32,162Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$30,305Social Sciences, General.$21,600
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
15 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
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
“Fresno City College graduates earn $X” — not “Fresno City College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Fresno City 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.