+38%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Sacramento City College rose 38% between 2007 and 2010 ($3.5k → $4.8k).
California · Public · Predominantly associate's
Sacramento City College
Sacramento, California. 16,952 undergraduate students. 116 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Sacramento City 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Sacramento City College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.0% → 0.0%).
+24%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Sacramento City College rose 24% between 2021 and 2024 ($10.2k → $12.6k).
+42%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Sacramento City College rose 42% between 2007 and 2010 (16.3k → 23.2k).
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.
$42,214+29% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$32,703
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry31.4%-48% · '97→'10
California median 61.3%$9,256+85% · '97→'10
At program completion16,952+86% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS69.8%-1% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$1,288+109% · '00→'10
out-of-state $12,808SECTION 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
2.9%Median federal debt $9,256 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,214 (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.
-48%
Sacramento City College · completion · 150% fell
38.8% → 20.2%
+86%
Sacramento City College · undergrad enrollment rose
12,444 → 23,189
+34%
Sacramento City College · in-state tuition rose
$308 → $644
+211%
Sacramento City College · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,060 → $12,616
+85%
Sacramento City College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $4,846
-100%
Sacramento City College · cohort default rate fell
16.1% → 0.0%
+67%
Sacramento City College · pell share rose
15.8% → 26.4%
+21%
Sacramento City College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,500 → $36,806
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
6 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
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
“Sacramento City College graduates earn $X” — not “Sacramento City College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Sacramento City 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.