+128%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Bethesda University rose 128% between 2002 and 2005 ($5.4k → $12.2k).
California · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Bethesda University
Anaheim, California. 212 undergraduate students. 22 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Bethesda 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.
-86%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Bethesda University fell 86% between 2021 and 2024 (13.6% → 2.0%).
-27%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Bethesda University fell 27% between 2021 and 2024 (15.2% → 11.1%).
+10%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Bethesda University rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($6.6k → $7.2k).
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.
—-4% · 6→8y
California median $42,588$37,397
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry18.2%-88% · '02→'24
California median 61.3%$7,648+128% · '02→'05
At program completion212+94% · '01→'10
latest IPEDS54.5%-10% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—-9% · '01→'14
latest cohort$7,220+77% · '01→'24
out-of-state $7,220SECTION 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 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.
-88%
Bethesda University · completion · 150% fell
94.7% → 11.1%
-93%
Bethesda University · completion · 100% fell
26.3% → 2.0%
-10%
Bethesda University · retention fell
50.0% → 44.8%
+51%
Bethesda University · undergrad enrollment rose
108 → 210
+77%
Bethesda University · in-state tuition rose
$4,080 → $7,220
+77%
Bethesda University · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,080 → $7,220
+128%
Bethesda University · median debt rose
$5,375 → $12,250
+203%
Bethesda University · pell share rose
11.2% → 34.0%
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
“Bethesda University graduates earn $X” — not “Bethesda University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Bethesda 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.