-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at North-West College-West Covina fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.6% → 0.0%).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
North-West College-West Covina
West Covina, California. 635 undergraduate students. 11 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at North-West College-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.
+12%
First-year retention
First-year retention at North-West College-West Covina rose 12% between 2007 and 2010 (71.8% → 80.4%).
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.
$37,542+13% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$33,145
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry65.2%-31% · '99→'10
California median 61.3%$9,500+87% · '97→'10
At program completion635+46% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS85.7%-9% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time—+54% · '02→'18
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
3.4%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $37,542 (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.
-31%
North-West College-West Covina · completion · 150% fell
100.0% → 69.5%
+46%
North-West College-West Covina · undergrad enrollment rose
197 → 288
+87%
North-West College-West Covina · median debt rose
$2,625 → $4,896
-100%
North-West College-West Covina · cohort default rate fell
4.9% → 0.0%
-40%
North-West College-West Covina · pell share fell
98.7% → 59.3%
+21%
North-West College-West Covina · earnings_median_8yr rose
$29,000 → $35,038
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.$50,045Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$49,331Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,829Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$32,632Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions.$29,449Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$27,533
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.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$32,632Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$50,045Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,829Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$27,533Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$49,331Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions.$29,449
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
“North-West College-West Covina graduates earn $X” — not “North-West College-West Covina makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending North-West College-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.