+30%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at American Jewish University rose 30% between 2007 and 2010 ($12.5k → $16.3k).
California · Private nonprofit · Predominantly certificates
American Jewish University
Los Angeles, California. 69 undergraduate students. 22 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at American Jewish University
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.
-28pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 28 pp at American Jewish University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (30.8% vs 58.7%).
+15%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at American Jewish University rose 15% between 2007 and 2010 ($21.3k → $24.5k).
-11%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at American Jewish University fell 11% between 2021 and 2024 (50.0% → 44.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. California
Each tile compares this institution to the California median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$61,954+97% · 8→10y
California median $42,588—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry30.8%-38% · '97→'24
California median 61.3%$18,667+81% · '97→'10
At program completion69+32% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS—+75% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time—+10% · '01→'18
latest cohort—+58% · '01→'10
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
4.0%Median federal debt $18,667 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $61,954 (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.
-38%
American Jewish University · completion · 150% fell
71.4% → 44.4%
-38%
American Jewish University · completion · 100% fell
71.4% → 44.4%
+75%
American Jewish University · retention rose
57.0% → 100.0%
+58%
American Jewish University · in-state tuition rose
$15,550 → $24,542
+108%
American Jewish University · out-of-state tuition rose
$15,550 → $32,404
+81%
American Jewish University · median debt rose
$9,000 → $16,312
-100%
American Jewish University · cohort default rate fell
16.0% → 0.0%
+50%
American Jewish University · pell share rose
23.6% → 35.4%
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in California
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“American Jewish University graduates earn $X” — not “American Jewish University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending American Jewish University 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.