+13%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Milan Institute-Palm Desert rose 13% between 2006 and 2009 ($6.6k → $7.5k).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Milan Institute-Palm Desert
Palm Desert, California. 290 undergraduate students. 7 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Milan Institute-Palm Desert
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 Milan Institute-Palm Desert fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.1% → 0.0%).
+38%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Milan Institute-Palm Desert rose 38% between 2006 and 2009 (195 → 269).
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.
$29,491+4% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$28,491
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry57.4%-9% · '05→'09
California median 61.3%$7,618+13% · '03→'09
At program completion290-3% · '03→'09
latest IPEDS73.1%
first-time, full-time—±0% · '03→'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
3.4%Median federal debt $7,618 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $29,491 (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.
-100%
Milan Institute-Palm Desert · cohort default rate fell
28.1% → 0.0%
+81%
Milan Institute-Palm Desert · pell share rose
28.8% → 52.2%
+21%
Milan Institute-Palm Desert · earnings_median_8yr rose
$23,000 → $27,918
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
3 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
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
“Milan Institute-Palm Desert graduates earn $X” — not “Milan Institute-Palm Desert makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Milan Institute-Palm Desert 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.