+36%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at College of the Canyons rose 36% between 2007 and 2010 ($3.5k → $4.8k).
California · Public · Predominantly associate's
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita, California. 15,365 undergraduate students. 108 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at College of the Canyons
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.
+211%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at College of the Canyons rose 211% between 2007 and 2010 (6.9k → 21.4k).
+26%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at College of the Canyons rose 26% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.7k → $11.0k).
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at College of the Canyons fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7% → 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.
$49,022+30% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$37,697
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry43.9%-49% · '97→'10
California median 61.3%$6,375+81% · '97→'10
At program completion15,365+322% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS73.7%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$1,176+240% · '00→'24
out-of-state $11,232SECTION 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
1.7%Median federal debt $6,375 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $49,022 (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.
-49%
College of the Canyons · completion · 150% fell
52.3% → 26.9%
+322%
College of the Canyons · undergrad enrollment rose
5,061 → 21,374
+82%
College of the Canyons · in-state tuition rose
$343 → $1,166
+185%
College of the Canyons · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,843 → $10,958
+81%
College of the Canyons · median debt rose
$2,625 → $4,750
-100%
College of the Canyons · cohort default rate fell
12.4% → 0.0%
+272%
College of the Canyons · pell share rose
4.9% → 18.5%
+23%
College of the Canyons · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,500 → $42,367
+29%
College of the Canyons · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,200 → $37,697
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$90,233Physics.$72,279Mathematics.$59,937Biological and Physical Sciences.$56,996Criminal Justice and Corrections.$56,909Accounting and Related Services.$56,041Education, General.$53,904Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$49,535Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$46,398Sociology.$44,021Communication and Media Studies.$42,777Psychology, General.$38,609English Language and Literature, General.$29,872Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$29,188
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
14 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
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
“College of the Canyons graduates earn $X” — not “College of the Canyons makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending College of the Canyons 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.