California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates

Institute for Business and Technology

Santa Clara, California. 609 undergraduate students. 11 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Institute for Business and Technology

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.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-45%

Undergraduate enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment at Institute for Business and Technology fell 45% between 2007 and 2010 (837 → 460).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%

3-year cohort default rate

3-year cohort default rate at Institute for Business and Technology fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.4% → 0.0%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+41%

Median federal debt at exit

Median federal debt at exit at Institute for Business and Technology rose 41% between 2007 and 2010 ($6.6k → $9.3k).

EARNINGS TREND · TRENDING WORSE-9%

Earnings trend · post-entry horizons

Earnings 10 years post-entry at Institute for Business and Technology are 9% below 6-year earnings ($41.8k → $38.0k).

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
$38,015-9% · 6→10y
California median $42,588
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$41,768
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
77.4%+3% · '97→'10
California median 61.3%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$7,600+142% · '97→'10
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
609+97% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
88.2%+47% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
-1% · '01→'09
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

2.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $7,600 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,015 (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 · 19962010460
91018219962010
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997201087.3%
97%46%19972010
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 19972010$9,312
$9,312$3,85019972010
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
RETENTION · 20042010+47%

Institute for Business and Technology · retention rose

50.0% → 73.6%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 19962010+97%

Institute for Business and Technology · undergrad enrollment rose

233 → 460

MEDIAN DEBT · 19972010+142%

Institute for Business and Technology · median debt rose

$3,850 → $9,312

COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 20112024-100%

Institute for Business and Technology · cohort default rate fell

21.9% → 0.0%

PELL SHARE · 20082010+208%

Institute for Business and Technology · pell share rose

16.1% → 49.7%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20032020+36%

Institute for Business and Technology · earnings_median_6yr rose

$30,800 → $41,768

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Institute for Business and Technology graduates earn $X” — not “Institute for Business and Technology makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Institute for Business and Technology 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 →