+84%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology rose 84% between 2006 and 2009 ($7.3k → $13.4k).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology
Inglewood, California. 319 undergraduate students. 3 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Spartan College of Aeronautics & 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.
-46%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 46% at Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology vs the 2003–2007 baseline (319 vs 591).
-42%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology fell 42% between 2006 and 2009 (671 → 392).
-20%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology fell 20% between 2006 and 2009 (61.0% → 48.9%).
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.
$61,575+22% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$50,505
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry68.2%-31% · '97→'09
California median 61.3%$20,000+102% · '97→'09
At program completion319
latest IPEDS88.5%-30% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time—+13% · '09→'10
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
4.3%Median federal debt $20,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $61,575 (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%
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology · completion · 150% fell
78.0% → 53.6%
-30%
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology · retention fell
70.0% → 48.9%
+196%
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology · undergrad enrollment rose
0 → 392
+102%
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology · median debt rose
$6,625 → $13,396
-100%
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology · cohort default rate fell
26.8% → 0.0%
+41%
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology · earnings_median_8yr rose
$46,600 → $65,476
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
2 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
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
“Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology graduates earn $X” — not “Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Spartan College of Aeronautics & 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.