-16%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Associated Technical College-Los Angeles fell 16% between 2021 and 2024 (65.3% → 55.1%).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Associated Technical College-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California. 159 undergraduate students. 7 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Associated Technical College-Los Angeles
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.
+320%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Associated Technical College-Los Angeles rose 319% between 2007 and 2010 (159 → 667).
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Associated Technical College-Los Angeles fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (11.2% → 0.0%).
+62%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Associated Technical College-Los Angeles rose 62% between 2009 and 2010 (35.9% → 58.0%).
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.
$24,368+17% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$20,840
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry91.9%+17% · '00→'10
California median 61.3%$9,500±0% · '07→'10
At program completion159-4% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS61.0%-27% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—+21% · '01→'10
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
5.2%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $24,368 (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.
+62%
Associated Technical College-Los Angeles · completion · 100% rose
35.9% → 58.0%
-27%
Associated Technical College-Los Angeles · retention fell
76.0% → 55.1%
-100%
Associated Technical College-Los Angeles · cohort default rate fell
3.5% → 0.0%
+32%
Associated Technical College-Los Angeles · earnings_median_6yr rose
$15,800 → $20,840
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
2 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
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
“Associated Technical College-Los Angeles graduates earn $X” — not “Associated Technical College-Los Angeles makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Associated Technical College-Los Angeles 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.