-42%
First-year retention
First-year retention at National Paralegal College fell 42% between 2021 and 2024 (42.9% → 25.0%).
Arizona · Private for-profit · Predominantly associate's
National Paralegal College
Phoenix, Arizona. 388 undergraduate students. 13 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at National Paralegal 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at National Paralegal College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.4% → 0.0%).
-33%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 33% at National Paralegal College vs the 2018–2022 baseline (388 vs 580).
-24%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at National Paralegal College fell 24% between 2021 and 2024 (504 → 385).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Arizona
Each tile compares this institution to the Arizona median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$42,269+22% · 6→10y
Arizona median $39,817$34,769
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry31.9%-39% · '11→'24
Arizona median 43.0%$13,994+101% · '11→'20
At program completion388-54% · '11→'24
latest IPEDS16.7%-75% · '11→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$7,995+40% · '11→'24
out-of-state $7,995SECTION 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
4.4%Median federal debt $13,994 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,269 (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.
-39%
National Paralegal College · completion · 150% fell
54.0% → 33.0%
-75%
National Paralegal College · retention fell
100.0% → 25.0%
-54%
National Paralegal College · undergrad enrollment fell
829 → 385
+40%
National Paralegal College · in-state tuition rose
$5,691 → $7,995
+40%
National Paralegal College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,691 → $7,995
+101%
National Paralegal College · median debt rose
$12,379 → $24,853
-20%
National Paralegal College · pell share fell
62.9% → 50.3%
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
3 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Arizona
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“National Paralegal College graduates earn $X” — not “National Paralegal College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending National Paralegal 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.