Montana · Public · Predominantly associate's

Aaniiih Nakoda College

Harlem, Montana. 108 undergraduate students. 19 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Aaniiih Nakoda 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.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+28%

In-state tuition

In-state tuition at Aaniiih Nakoda College rose 28% between 2021 and 2024 ($2.4k → $3.1k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+94%

First-year retention

First-year retention at Aaniiih Nakoda College rose 94% between 2018 and 2021 (34.3% → 66.7%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+28%

Out-of-state tuition

Out-of-state tuition at Aaniiih Nakoda College rose 28% between 2021 and 2024 ($2.4k → $3.1k).

EARNINGS TREND · TRENDING BETTER+53%

Earnings trend · post-entry horizons

Earnings 10 years post-entry at Aaniiih Nakoda College are 53% above 6-year earnings ($20.0k → $30.5k).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Montana

Each tile compares this institution to the Montana median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$30,528+53% · 6→10y
Montana median $40,738
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$19,990
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
32.4%+3% · '99→'24
Montana median 46.1%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
108-22% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
+26% · '04→'21
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$3,600+50% · '00→'24
out-of-state $3,600
SECTION 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).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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.

UNDERGRAD · 19962024106
26610519962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1999202434.2%
48%13%19992024
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
RETENTION · 20042021+26%

Aaniiih Nakoda College · retention rose

53.0% → 66.7%

IN-STATE TUITION · 20002024+50%

Aaniiih Nakoda College · in-state tuition rose

$2,055 → $3,080

OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 20002024+50%

Aaniiih Nakoda College · out-of-state tuition rose

$2,055 → $3,080

PELL SHARE · 20082024+56%

Aaniiih Nakoda College · pell share rose

41.4% → 64.7%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 20072020+81%

Aaniiih Nakoda College · earnings_median_10yr rose

$16,900 → $30,528

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20052020+87%

Aaniiih Nakoda College · earnings_median_8yr rose

$13,900 → $26,949

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20032020+71%

Aaniiih Nakoda College · earnings_median_6yr rose

$9,400 → $19,990

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at Aaniiih Nakoda College

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%.

EARNINGS SUPPRESSED

Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Business/Commerce, General · Associate's Degree at Aaniiih Nakoda College(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Aaniiih Nakoda College graduates earn $X” — not “Aaniiih Nakoda College makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Aaniiih Nakoda 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.

Methodology →