-59%
First-year retention
First-year retention at American University of Health Sciences fell 59% between 2006 and 2009 (60.0% → 24.4%).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly bachelor's
American University of Health Sciences
Signal Hill, California. 364 undergraduate students. 7 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at American University of Health Sciences
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%
For-profit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at American University of Health Sciences are 100% above the for-profit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($93.6k vs $46.9k).
+21%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at American University of Health Sciences rose 21% between 2006 and 2009 ($6.2k → $7.5k).
-16%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at American University of Health Sciences are 16% below 6-year earnings ($111.1k → $93.6k).
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.
$93,610-16% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$111,064
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry50.0%-50% · '99→'24
California median 61.3%$32,484+64% · '99→'09
At program completion364
latest IPEDS—-71% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time100.0%-37% · '11→'24
latest cohort$24,575
out-of-state $24,575SECTION 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
4.6%Median federal debt $32,484 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $93,610 (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.
-50%
American University of Health Sciences · completion · 150% fell
100.0% → 50.0%
-71%
American University of Health Sciences · retention fell
85.0% → 24.4%
+56%
American University of Health Sciences · undergrad enrollment rose
0 → 112
+64%
American University of Health Sciences · median debt rose
$4,587 → $7,500
-100%
American University of Health Sciences · cohort default rate fell
2.6% → 0.0%
+210%
American University of Health Sciences · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,900 → $111,213
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
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
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 University of Health Sciences graduates earn $X” — not “American University of Health Sciences makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending American University of Health Sciences 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.