-46%
First-year retention
First-year retention at University of the West fell 45% between 2007 and 2009 (100.0% → 54.5%).
California · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
University of the West
Rosemead, California. 41 undergraduate students. 20 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of the West
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.
-25%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at University of the West fell 25% between 2021 and 2024 (50.0% → 37.5%).
+14%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at University of the West rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($13.6k → $15.4k).
+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at University of the West rose 11% between 2007 and 2009 ($7.2k → $8.0k).
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.
—-1% · 6→8y
California median $42,588$33,856
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry31.1%+13% · '07→'24
California median 61.3%$15,000
At program completion41+116% · '07→'09
latest IPEDS40.0%-45% · '07→'09
first-time, full-time100.0%+28% · '22→'24
latest cohort$14,718+11% · '07→'09
out-of-state $14,718SECTION 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 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.
-45%
University of the West · retention fell
100.0% → 54.5%
+115%
University of the West · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,200 → $15,446
-100%
University of the West · cohort default rate fell
16.6% → 0.0%
-46%
University of the West · pell share fell
6.1% → 3.3%
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
“University of the West graduates earn $X” — not “University of the West makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of the West 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.