+47%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Taft College rose 47% between 2021 and 2024 ($7.4k → $10.9k).
California · Public · Predominantly associate's
Taft College
Taft, California. 3,216 undergraduate students. 39 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Taft 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.
+323%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Taft College rose 323% between 2007 and 2010 (1.8k → 7.4k).
+27%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Taft College rose 27% between 2007 and 2010 ($615 → $780).
+13%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Taft College rose 13% between 2007 and 2010 (55.6% → 62.9%).
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.
$38,861+15% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$33,687
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry33.8%-1% · '97→'24
California median 61.3%—
At program completion3,216+836% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS64.5%+7% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$1,108+98% · '00→'10
out-of-state $9,076SECTION 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.
+836%
Taft College · undergrad enrollment rose
796 → 7,448
+39%
Taft College · in-state tuition rose
$393 → $780
+151%
Taft College · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,315 → $10,852
+100%
Taft College · pell share rose
3.9% → 8.9%
+22%
Taft College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$29,000 → $35,364
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
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
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
“Taft College graduates earn $X” — not “Taft College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Taft 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.