-54%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at InterCoast Colleges-West Covina fell 54% between 2006 and 2009 (210 → 97).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
InterCoast Colleges-West Covina
West Covina, California. 507 undergraduate students. 14 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at InterCoast Colleges-West Covina
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 InterCoast Colleges-West Covina fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.0% → 0.0%).
+43%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at InterCoast Colleges-West Covina rose 43% between 2006 and 2009 ($6.6k → $9.5k).
-8%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at InterCoast Colleges-West Covina are 8% below 6-year earnings ($39.2k → $36.1k).
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.
$36,089-8% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$39,249
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry81.3%+50% · '05→'24
California median 61.3%$9,500+55% · '03→'09
At program completion507±0% · '03→'09
latest IPEDS—-13% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time—
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 $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $36,089 (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.
+50%
InterCoast Colleges-West Covina · completion · 150% rose
64.9% → 97.1%
-13%
InterCoast Colleges-West Covina · retention fell
72.0% → 62.9%
+55%
InterCoast Colleges-West Covina · median debt rose
$6,125 → $9,500
-100%
InterCoast Colleges-West Covina · cohort default rate fell
32.1% → 0.0%
+98%
InterCoast Colleges-West Covina · pell share rose
48.6% → 96.2%
+25%
InterCoast Colleges-West Covina · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,300 → $37,889
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.
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$63,497Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$46,523Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$45,750Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$42,649Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$37,412Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$37,075
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
6 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
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
“InterCoast Colleges-West Covina graduates earn $X” — not “InterCoast Colleges-West Covina makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending InterCoast Colleges-West Covina 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.