-47%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Florida Career College-Miami fell 47% between 2006 and 2009 (77.0% → 40.9%).
Florida · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Florida Career College-Miami
Miami, Florida. 130 undergraduate students. 24 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Florida Career College-Miami
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.
+28%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Florida Career College-Miami rose 28% between 2006 and 2009 ($6.6k → $8.5k).
+25%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Florida Career College-Miami rose 25% between 2006 and 2009 ($13.3k → $16.6k).
+25%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Florida Career College-Miami rose 25% between 2006 and 2009 ($13.3k → $16.6k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Florida
Each tile compares this institution to the Florida median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$28,928+3% · 6→10y
Florida median $36,288$27,999
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry45.8%+2% · '97→'09
Florida median 65.6%$9,365+223% · '97→'09
At program completion130+1703% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS62.9%-50% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—+172% · '00→'09
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 $9,365 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $28,928 (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.
-50%
Florida Career College-Miami · retention fell
82.0% → 40.9%
+1703%
Florida Career College-Miami · undergrad enrollment rose
219 → 3,949
+172%
Florida Career College-Miami · in-state tuition rose
$6,120 → $16,620
+172%
Florida Career College-Miami · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,120 → $16,620
+223%
Florida Career College-Miami · median debt rose
$2,625 → $8,466
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$64,919Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$62,506Computer and Information Sciences, General.$37,126Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$36,682Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$35,672Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$32,650Public Health.$32,252Computer and Information Sciences, General.$31,886Health and Medical Administrative Services.$30,633Public Health.$30,576Health and Medical Administrative Services.$30,002Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$28,281Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$27,703Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$24,974Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$20,140
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
15 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$27,703Health and Medical Administrative Services.$30,633Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$24,974Public Health.$30,576Health and Medical Administrative Services.$30,002Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$28,281Public Health.$32,252Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$62,506Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$64,919
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Florida Career College-Miami
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
-$158,753
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $36,073
- HS-only baseline · FL
- $35,400
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 51
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 Florida
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Florida Career College-Miami graduates earn $X” — not “Florida Career College-Miami makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Florida Career College-Miami 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.