+25%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Pinnacle Career Institute rose 25% between 2006 and 2009 ($12.1k → $15.1k).
Missouri · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Pinnacle Career Institute
Kansas City, Missouri. 488 undergraduate students. 12 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Pinnacle Career Institute
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 Pinnacle Career Institute fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
-16%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Pinnacle Career Institute fell 16% between 2006 and 2009 (63.5% → 53.1%).
-6pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 6 pp at Pinnacle Career Institute vs the 2003–2007 baseline (55.9% vs 62.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Missouri
Each tile compares this institution to the Missouri median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$34,213+12% · 6→10y
Missouri median $40,979$30,682
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry55.9%-30% · '97→'09
Missouri median 59.3%$8,146+154% · '97→'20
At program completion488+134% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS59.0%-4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—-9% · '01→'07
latest cohort—+110% · '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
3.2%Median federal debt $8,146 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,213 (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.
-30%
Pinnacle Career Institute · completion · 150% fell
76.2% → 53.1%
+134%
Pinnacle Career Institute · undergrad enrollment rose
264 → 619
+110%
Pinnacle Career Institute · in-state tuition rose
$7,200 → $15,145
+95%
Pinnacle Career Institute · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,200 → $14,048
+154%
Pinnacle Career Institute · median debt rose
$4,567 → $11,605
-100%
Pinnacle Career Institute · cohort default rate fell
10.6% → 0.0%
+131%
Pinnacle Career Institute · pell share rose
33.3% → 76.9%
-23%
Pinnacle Career Institute · earnings_median_10yr fell
$44,400 → $34,213
-24%
Pinnacle Career Institute · earnings_median_8yr fell
$42,200 → $32,099
-21%
Pinnacle Career Institute · earnings_median_6yr fell
$38,900 → $30,682
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.
Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians.$67,677Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians.$53,835Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$49,438Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$37,257Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,203Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$31,521Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$31,184Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$30,018Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$28,457
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Pinnacle Career Institute
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
$446,805
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,992
- HS-only baseline · MO
- $35,100
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 15
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 Missouri
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Pinnacle Career Institute graduates earn $X” — not “Pinnacle Career Institute makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Pinnacle Career Institute 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.