+44%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Milan Institute-Visalia rose 44% between 2007 and 2010 ($6.6k → $9.5k).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Milan Institute-Visalia
Visalia, California. 632 undergraduate students. 9 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Milan Institute-Visalia
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 Milan Institute-Visalia fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7% → 0.0%).
-30pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 29 pp at Milan Institute-Visalia vs the 2004–2008 baseline (48.6% vs 78.0%).
+33%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Milan Institute-Visalia rose 33% between 2021 and 2024 (68.9% → 91.6%).
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.
$32,493+13% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$28,817
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry48.6%-1% · '97→'10
California median 61.3%$7,000+111% · '97→'10
At program completion632+68% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS78.4%+17% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—±0% · '01→'06
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
2.9%Median federal debt $7,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $32,493 (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.
+17%
Milan Institute-Visalia · retention rose
78.0% → 91.6%
+68%
Milan Institute-Visalia · undergrad enrollment rose
200 → 335
+111%
Milan Institute-Visalia · median debt rose
$4,511 → $9,500
-100%
Milan Institute-Visalia · cohort default rate fell
29.7% → 0.0%
+54%
Milan Institute-Visalia · pell share rose
47.9% → 73.7%
+31%
Milan Institute-Visalia · earnings_median_8yr rose
$24,500 → $32,138
+26%
Milan Institute-Visalia · earnings_median_6yr rose
$22,800 → $28,817
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
5 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
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
“Milan Institute-Visalia graduates earn $X” — not “Milan Institute-Visalia makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Milan Institute-Visalia 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.