-48%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at YTI Career Institute-Altoona fell 48% between 2006 and 2009 (531 → 274).
Pennsylvania · Private for-profit · Predominantly associate's
YTI Career Institute-Altoona
Altoona, Pennsylvania. 112 undergraduate students. 8 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at YTI Career Institute-Altoona
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 YTI Career Institute-Altoona fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.2% → 0.0%).
+32%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at YTI Career Institute-Altoona rose 32% between 2016 and 2019 ($11.0k → $14.5k).
-29%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at YTI Career Institute-Altoona fell 29% between 2006 and 2009 (80.1% → 57.1%).
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.
$30,188-1% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$30,490
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry95.0%-35% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$6,334+241% · '97→'19
At program completion112+116% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS12.5%-33% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—+12% · '02→'05
latest cohort—
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
2.8%Median federal debt $6,334 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $30,188 (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%
YTI Career Institute-Altoona · completion · 150% fell
87.2% → 57.1%
-33%
YTI Career Institute-Altoona · retention fell
85.0% → 57.1%
+74%
YTI Career Institute-Altoona · undergrad enrollment rose
127 → 274
+241%
YTI Career Institute-Altoona · median debt rose
$4,250 → $14,500
-100%
YTI Career Institute-Altoona · cohort default rate fell
20.0% → 0.0%
-67%
YTI Career Institute-Altoona · pell share fell
74.2% → 24.4%
+22%
YTI Career Institute-Altoona · earnings_median_10yr rose
$24,700 → $30,188
+31%
YTI Career Institute-Altoona · earnings_median_8yr rose
$23,500 → $30,794
+37%
YTI Career Institute-Altoona · earnings_median_6yr rose
$22,200 → $30,490
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
5 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
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at YTI Career Institute-Altoona
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
$210,353
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 16
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,296
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 11
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
“YTI Career Institute-Altoona graduates earn $X” — not “YTI Career Institute-Altoona makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending YTI Career Institute-Altoona 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.