-42%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest fell 42% between 2019 and 2022 (50.0% → 29.1%).
Texas · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest
Houston, Texas. 3,794 undergraduate students. 16 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest
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.
+52%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest rose 51% between 2021 and 2024 (3.0k → 4.5k).
+20%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest rose 20% between 2006 and 2009 ($5.5k → $6.6k).
-13%
First-year retention
First-year retention at The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest fell 13% between 2017 and 2020 (84.8% → 74.1%).
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.
$33,070+3% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$31,970
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry45.9%-25% · '98→'24
Texas median 51.8%$9,473+277% · '97→'09
At program completion3,794+1656% · '97→'24
latest IPEDS—-1% · '04→'20
first-time, full-time—+15% · '04→'13
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
3.8%Median federal debt $9,473 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $33,070 (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.
-25%
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest · completion · 150% fell
62.5% → 46.7%
-65%
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest · completion · 100% fell
83.5% → 29.1%
+1656%
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest · undergrad enrollment rose
258 → 4,530
+277%
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest · median debt rose
$1,750 → $6,596
-29%
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest · pell share fell
90.0% → 64.2%
+22%
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest · earnings_median_8yr rose
$26,700 → $32,512
+21%
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest · earnings_median_6yr rose
$26,400 → $31,970
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.
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$59,054Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$45,336Health and Medical Administrative Services.$42,397Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$36,751Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$35,642Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,394Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$32,228Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$28,294Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$25,303Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$21,826
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$32,228Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,394Health and Medical Administrative Services.$42,397Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$45,336Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$36,751Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$28,294Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$59,054Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$35,642Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$25,303
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest
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
-$91,311
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $28,836
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 51
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
“The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest graduates earn $X” — not “The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest 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.