-88%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 88% at Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad vs the 2004–2008 baseline (308 vs 2.6k).
California · Private nonprofit · Predominantly certificates
Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad
Carlsbad, California. 308 undergraduate students. 1 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad
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.
+61%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad rose 60% between 2007 and 2010 ($5.8k → $9.2k).
-44pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 44 pp at Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad vs the 2004–2008 baseline (27.7% vs 71.9%).
-19%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad fell 19% between 2007 and 2010 (3.3k → 2.6k).
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.
$42,588-1% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$43,110
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry27.7%+14% · '97→'10
California median 61.3%$8,233+118% · '97→'10
At program completion308-71% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS—-47% · '04→'08
first-time, full-time—-1% · '02→'06
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
2.6%Median federal debt $8,233 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,588 (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.
-47%
Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad · retention fell
95.0% → 50.0%
-71%
Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad · undergrad enrollment fell
9,014 → 2,639
+118%
Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad · median debt rose
$4,250 → $9,250
-100%
Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad · cohort default rate fell
3.6% → 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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
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
“Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad graduates earn $X” — not “Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad 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.