-22%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 22% at Community College of Allegheny County vs the 2018–2022 baseline (9.3k vs 12.0k).
Pennsylvania · Public · Predominantly associate's
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 9,305 undergraduate students. 111 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Community College of Allegheny County
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 Community College of Allegheny County fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.2% → 0.0%).
-10%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Community College of Allegheny County fell 10% between 2021 and 2024 (10.6k → 9.5k).
+57%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Community College of Allegheny County rose 57% between 2006 and 2009 (7.0% → 11.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Pennsylvania
Each tile compares this institution to the Pennsylvania median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$39,449+16% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$33,940
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry23.4%-41% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$7,132+383% · '97→'20
At program completion9,305-43% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS64.4%+8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,842+134% · '00→'24
out-of-state $12,583SECTION 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
2.4%Median federal debt $7,132 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,449 (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.
-41%
Community College of Allegheny County · completion · 150% fell
18.7% → 11.0%
-43%
Community College of Allegheny County · undergrad enrollment fell
16,816 → 9,544
+134%
Community College of Allegheny County · in-state tuition rose
$2,067 → $4,842
+383%
Community College of Allegheny County · median debt rose
$2,625 → $12,680
-100%
Community College of Allegheny County · cohort default rate fell
13.5% → 0.0%
+24%
Community College of Allegheny County · pell share rose
26.0% → 32.3%
+29%
Community College of Allegheny County · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,600 → $39,449
+27%
Community College of Allegheny County · earnings_median_8yr rose
$28,300 → $36,023
+30%
Community College of Allegheny County · earnings_median_6yr rose
$26,200 → $33,940
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.$73,539Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$60,591Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$57,821Precision Metal Working.$57,702Computer and Information Sciences, General.$55,759Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$51,953Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$51,166Criminal Justice and Corrections.$48,215Business Administration, Management and Operations.$46,363Mathematics.$46,345Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$43,754Accounting and Related Services.$41,306Health and Medical Administrative Services.$40,873Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$40,767Legal Support Services.$37,360Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$35,693Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$35,669Social Work.$32,747Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$25,703Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$25,154
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
20 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
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$73,539Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$51,953Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$43,754Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$35,669Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$35,693Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$60,591Health and Medical Administrative Services.$40,873
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Community College of Allegheny County
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
$79,040
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 20
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,633
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
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 Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Community College of Allegheny County graduates earn $X” — not “Community College of Allegheny County makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Community College of Allegheny County 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.