-64%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 64% at Concorde Career College-Garden Grove vs the 2004–2008 baseline (202 vs 568).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Concorde Career College-Garden Grove
Garden Grove, California. 202 undergraduate students. 7 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Concorde Career College-Garden Grove
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%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Concorde Career College-Garden Grove fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.7% → 0.0%).
+35%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Concorde Career College-Garden Grove rose 35% between 2007 and 2010 ($6.7k → $9.0k).
+16%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Concorde Career College-Garden Grove rose 16% between 2009 and 2010 (68.8% → 79.7%).
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.
$45,711+8% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$42,232
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry79.9%+19% · '97→'10
California median 61.3%$9,500+119% · '97→'10
At program completion202+68% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS92.8%-1% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time95.9%-3% · '01→'24
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
2.8%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $45,711 (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.
+68%
Concorde Career College-Garden Grove · undergrad enrollment rose
413 → 695
+119%
Concorde Career College-Garden Grove · median debt rose
$4,118 → $9,004
-100%
Concorde Career College-Garden Grove · cohort default rate fell
18.5% → 0.0%
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.
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$76,980Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$70,122Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$61,882Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$58,374Health and Medical Administrative Services.$38,361Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$35,249Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$34,039
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
7 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
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$58,374Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$34,039Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$35,249Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$70,122Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$61,882Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$76,980Health and Medical Administrative Services.$38,361
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
“Concorde Career College-Garden Grove graduates earn $X” — not “Concorde Career College-Garden Grove makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Concorde Career College-Garden Grove 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.