-88%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus fell 88% between 2021 and 2024 (75.0% → 9.1%).
District of Columbia · Private for-profit · Predominantly bachelor's
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus
Washington, District of Columbia. 266 undergraduate students. 29 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus
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.
+373%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus rose 373% between 2021 and 2024 (171 → 809).
-53%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus fell 53% between 2021 and 2024 (70.8% → 33.3%).
-20%
First-year retention
First-year retention at University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus fell 20% between 2021 and 2024 (100.0% → 80.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. District of Columbia
Each tile compares this institution to the District of Columbia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$34,961-9% · 6→10y
District of Columbia median $49,020$38,444
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry50.0%-8% · '01→'24
District of Columbia median 55.8%$7,500+58% · '98→'20
At program completion266+335% · '98→'24
latest IPEDS75.0%+38% · '05→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,660-55% · '05→'24
out-of-state $6,660SECTION 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 $7,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,961 (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.
-75%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · completion · 100% fell
36.1% → 9.1%
+38%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · retention rose
58.0% → 80.0%
+312%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · undergrad enrollment rose
186 → 809
-55%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · in-state tuition fell
$14,850 → $6,660
-55%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · out-of-state tuition fell
$14,850 → $6,660
+58%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · median debt rose
$5,563 → $8,769
-100%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · cohort default rate fell
20.2% → 0.0%
-27%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · pell share fell
33.7% → 24.4%
-50%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · earnings_median_10yr fell
$69,900 → $34,961
-51%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · earnings_median_8yr fell
$66,200 → $32,356
-34%
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · earnings_median_6yr fell
$57,900 → $38,444
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.
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
-$2,579
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $17,558
- HS-only baseline · DC
- $47,200
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in District of Columbia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus graduates earn $X” — not “University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus 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.