California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates

Career Care Institute

Lancaster, California. 649 undergraduate students. 5 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Career Care Institute

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.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+26%

Median federal debt at exit

Median federal debt at exit at Career Care Institute rose 26% between 2006 and 2009 ($5.3k → $6.7k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+1255%

Undergraduate enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment at Career Care Institute rose 1255% between 2006 and 2009 (47 → 637).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-14%

150%-time completion

150%-time completion at Career Care Institute fell 14% between 2006 and 2009 (76.8% → 66.4%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%

3-year cohort default rate

3-year cohort default rate at Career Care Institute fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.1% → 0.0%).

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.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$39,888+11% · 6→10y
California median $42,588
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$36,066
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
71.8%-11% · '05→'09
California median 61.3%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$10,296+26% · '05→'09
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
649+358% · '05→'09
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
65.1%-6% · '05→'09
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
annual
SECTION 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).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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

3.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $10,296 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,888 (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.

UNDERGRAD · 20052009637
6374720052009
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 2005200966.4%
85%58%20052009
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 20052009$6,692
$6,692$5,30020052009
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 20052009+249%

Career Care Institute · undergrad enrollment rose

139 → 637

MEDIAN DEBT · 20052009+26%

Career Care Institute · median debt rose

$5,300 → $6,692

COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 20112024-100%

Career Care Institute · cohort default rate fell

26.1% → 0.0%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20122020+29%

Career Care Institute · earnings_median_8yr rose

$29,400 → $38,040

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Career Care Institute graduates earn $X” — not “Career Care Institute makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Career Care Institute 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.

Methodology →