-28%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Clover Park Technical College fell 28% between 2013 and 2016 (63.2% → 45.5%).
Washington · Public · Predominantly associate's
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, Washington. 2,417 undergraduate students. 63 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Clover Park Technical 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.
+123%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Clover Park Technical College rose 123% between 2021 and 2024 (1.2k → 2.6k).
+16%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Clover Park Technical College rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($5.7k → $6.6k).
+16%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Clover Park Technical College rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($5.7k → $6.6k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Washington
Each tile compares this institution to the Washington median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,787+13% · 6→10y
Washington median $47,350$36,840
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry40.7%-37% · '97→'24
Washington median 46.8%$9,063+356% · '97→'20
At program completion2,417-70% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—-27% · '04→'16
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,634+201% · '00→'24
out-of-state $6,634SECTION 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
2.9%Median federal debt $9,063 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,787 (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.
-37%
Clover Park Technical College · completion · 150% fell
68.0% → 42.8%
-27%
Clover Park Technical College · retention fell
62.0% → 45.5%
-70%
Clover Park Technical College · undergrad enrollment fell
8,713 → 2,636
+201%
Clover Park Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$2,205 → $6,634
+201%
Clover Park Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,205 → $6,634
+356%
Clover Park Technical College · median debt rose
$2,659 → $12,112
-100%
Clover Park Technical College · cohort default rate fell
20.7% → 0.0%
+124%
Clover Park Technical College · pell share rose
8.1% → 18.1%
+22%
Clover Park Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$34,300 → $41,787
+31%
Clover Park Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,900 → $40,447
+25%
Clover Park Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,500 → $36,840
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.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$65,084Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$64,985Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$62,140Engineering Technology, General.$50,821Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$46,959Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$45,981Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$45,391Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$44,831Culinary Arts and Related Services.$39,692Health and Medical Administrative Services.$36,860Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$24,710Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$23,492
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.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$62,140Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$45,981Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$44,831Health and Medical Administrative Services.$36,860Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$65,084Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$45,391Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$24,710Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$46,959
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Clover Park Technical 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
-$331,444
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $3,365
- HS-only baseline · WA
- $41,200
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 12
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 Washington
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Clover Park Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Clover Park Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Clover Park Technical 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.