-29%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Las Positas College fell 29% between 2006 and 2009 (45.4% → 32.1%).
California · Public · Predominantly associate's
Las Positas College
Livermore, California. 6,766 undergraduate students. 83 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Las Positas College
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.
+29%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Las Positas College rose 29% between 2006 and 2009 ($3.5k → $4.5k).
-24%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Las Positas College fell 24% between 2006 and 2009 (71.0% → 53.9%).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Las Positas College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.7k → $9.8k).
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.
$51,088+21% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$42,229
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry48.5%-12% · '97→'09
California median 61.3%$5,639+29% · '97→'09
At program completion6,766+132% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS83.2%-27% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$1,168+145% · '00→'09
out-of-state $8,176SECTION 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
1.5%Median federal debt $5,639 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $51,088 (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.
-27%
Las Positas College · retention fell
74.0% → 53.9%
+132%
Las Positas College · undergrad enrollment rose
3,874 → 8,992
+45%
Las Positas College · in-state tuition rose
$308 → $754
+150%
Las Positas College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,920 → $9,808
+29%
Las Positas College · median debt rose
$3,500 → $4,500
-100%
Las Positas College · cohort default rate fell
23.6% → 0.0%
+24%
Las Positas College · pell share rose
7.4% → 9.3%
+40%
Las Positas College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,600 → $48,399
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
“Las Positas College graduates earn $X” — not “Las Positas College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Las Positas College 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.