+26%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at North-West College-Van Nuys rose 26% between 2007 and 2010 ($4.4k → $5.5k).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
North-West College-Van Nuys
Van Nuys, California. 225 undergraduate students. 6 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at North-West College-Van Nuys
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 North-West College-Van Nuys fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.9% → 0.0%).
+31%
First-year retention
First-year retention at North-West College-Van Nuys rose 31% between 2007 and 2010 (61.3% → 80.4%).
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.
$32,488-1% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$32,876
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry62.4%-31% · '99→'10
California median 61.3%$8,419+110% · '97→'10
At program completion225+84% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS88.4%+34% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time—+421% · '02→'14
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
3.5%Median federal debt $8,419 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $32,488 (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.
-31%
North-West College-Van Nuys · completion · 150% fell
100.0% → 69.3%
+34%
North-West College-Van Nuys · retention rose
60.0% → 80.4%
+28%
North-West College-Van Nuys · undergrad enrollment rose
67 → 123
+110%
North-West College-Van Nuys · median debt rose
$2,625 → $5,500
-100%
North-West College-Van Nuys · cohort default rate fell
5.9% → 0.0%
-42%
North-West College-Van Nuys · pell share fell
98.3% → 56.7%
+43%
North-West College-Van Nuys · earnings_median_8yr rose
$26,800 → $38,217
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
“North-West College-Van Nuys graduates earn $X” — not “North-West College-Van Nuys makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending North-West College-Van Nuys 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.