-17%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at North American Trade Schools fell 17% between 2021 and 2024 (643 → 534).
Maryland · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
North American Trade Schools
Baltimore, Maryland. 529 undergraduate students. 8 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at North American Trade Schools
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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at North American Trade Schools fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.8% → 0.0%).
+15%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at North American Trade Schools rose 15% between 2004 and 2005 ($7.9k → $9.1k).
+15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at North American Trade Schools rose 15% between 2004 and 2005 ($7.9k → $9.1k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Maryland
Each tile compares this institution to the Maryland median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$39,756-8% · 6→10y
Maryland median $46,719$43,206
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry69.2%-35% · '98→'09
Maryland median 52.1%$3,668+209% · '97→'20
At program completion529+404% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS89.5%+0% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—+65% · '05→'09
latest cohort—+15% · '04→'05
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
1.2%Median federal debt $3,668 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,756 (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.
-35%
North American Trade Schools · completion · 150% fell
95.9% → 62.0%
+214%
North American Trade Schools · undergrad enrollment rose
106 → 534
+209%
North American Trade Schools · median debt rose
$2,375 → $7,338
-100%
North American Trade Schools · cohort default rate fell
31.1% → 0.0%
-59%
North American Trade Schools · pell share fell
80.2% → 33.1%
+27%
North American Trade Schools · earnings_median_8yr rose
$32,600 → $41,530
+47%
North American Trade Schools · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,400 → $43,206
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.
Ground Transportation.$52,504Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$49,374Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$45,945Precision Metal Working.$44,563Construction Trades, General.$37,660Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$36,671Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$35,936
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
7 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at North American Trade Schools
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
$302,754
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 4
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $13,473
- HS-only baseline · MD
- $41,100
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 49
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 Maryland
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“North American Trade Schools graduates earn $X” — not “North American Trade Schools makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending North American Trade Schools 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.