-14%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Laredo College are 14% below the public associate's-predominant peer median ($33.9k vs $39.4k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly associate's
Laredo College
Laredo, Texas. 5,086 undergraduate students. 58 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Laredo 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.
-42%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 42% at Laredo College vs the 2018–2022 baseline (5.1k vs 8.8k).
-27%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Laredo College fell 27% between 2021 and 2024 (8.0k → 5.8k).
+27%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Laredo College rose 27% between 2017 and 2020 ($2.3k → $3.0k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$33,934+24% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$27,435
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry30.5%+203% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$2,334+13% · '97→'20
At program completion5,086-20% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—-14% · '04→'18
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,300+331% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,748SECTION 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
0.9%Median federal debt $2,334 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $33,934 (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.
+203%
Laredo College · completion · 150% rose
10.1% → 30.4%
-14%
Laredo College · retention fell
79.0% → 68.3%
-20%
Laredo College · undergrad enrollment fell
7,279 → 5,818
+253%
Laredo College · in-state tuition rose
$766 → $3,300
+135%
Laredo College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,446 → $5,748
+501%
Laredo College · pell share rose
6.4% → 38.7%
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.$92,707Criminal Justice and Corrections.$79,449Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$52,163Biology, General.$42,648Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$37,428Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$36,291Criminal Justice and Corrections.$35,912Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$35,692Business Administration, Management and Operations.$32,057Psychology, General.$27,659Precision Metal Working.$23,792Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians.$23,321
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
12 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
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Laredo 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%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$28,984
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 28
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,620
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- 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 Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Laredo College graduates earn $X” — not “Laredo College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Laredo 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.