-59%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Alaska Vocational Technical Center fell 59% between 2021 and 2024 (259 → 107).
Alaska · Public · Predominantly certificates
Alaska Vocational Technical Center
Seward, Alaska. 452 undergraduate students. 12 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Alaska Vocational Technical Center
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.
+12%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Alaska Vocational Technical Center rose 12% between 2009 and 2010 (77.8% → 87.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Alaska
Each tile compares this institution to the Alaska median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$51,083+21% · 6→10y
Alaska median $48,475$42,187
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry85.9%+22% · '97→'10
Alaska median 41.3%$5,500+19% · '02→'17
At program completion452-70% · '97→'24
latest IPEDS89.5%-1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—+44% · '09→'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
1.4%Median federal debt $5,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $51,083 (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.
+22%
Alaska Vocational Technical Center · completion · 150% rose
71.8% → 87.4%
-70%
Alaska Vocational Technical Center · undergrad enrollment fell
361 → 107
-100%
Alaska Vocational Technical Center · cohort default rate fell
7.6% → 0.0%
-39%
Alaska Vocational Technical Center · pell share fell
5.3% → 3.3%
+144%
Alaska Vocational Technical Center · earnings_median_10yr rose
$20,900 → $51,083
+102%
Alaska Vocational Technical Center · earnings_median_8yr rose
$22,100 → $44,687
+93%
Alaska Vocational Technical Center · earnings_median_6yr rose
$21,900 → $42,187
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Alaska
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Alaska Vocational Technical Center graduates earn $X” — not “Alaska Vocational Technical Center makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Alaska Vocational Technical Center 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.