+30%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Palo Verde College rose 30% between 2021 and 2024 ($9.9k → $12.9k).
California · Public · Predominantly associate's
Palo Verde College
Blythe, California. 2,909 undergraduate students. 33 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Palo Verde 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.
+252%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Palo Verde College rose 252% between 2007 and 2010 (932 → 3.3k).
+30%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Palo Verde College rose 30% between 2007 and 2010 ($560 → $728).
-15pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 15 pp at Palo Verde College vs the 2004–2008 baseline (14.3% vs 29.2%).
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.
$36,389+19% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$30,602
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry14.3%+12% · '97→'10
California median 61.3%—
At program completion2,909+459% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS71.6%-0% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$1,288+121% · '00→'10
out-of-state $12,880SECTION 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 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.
+21%
Palo Verde College · completion · 100% rose
10.3% → 12.4%
+459%
Palo Verde College · undergrad enrollment rose
586 → 3,278
+40%
Palo Verde College · in-state tuition rose
$330 → $728
+204%
Palo Verde College · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,230 → $12,880
+52%
Palo Verde College · pell share rose
6.1% → 9.3%
+58%
Palo Verde College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$22,000 → $34,716
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
“Palo Verde College graduates earn $X” — not “Palo Verde College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Palo Verde 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.