-26%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 26% at Porter & Chester Institute vs the 2018–2022 baseline (1.4k vs 1.9k).
Connecticut · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Porter & Chester Institute
Bridgeport, Connecticut. 1,405 undergraduate students. 12 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Porter & Chester Institute
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.
-16%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Porter & Chester Institute fell 16% between 2021 and 2024 (1.6k → 1.4k).
-15pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 15 pp at Porter & Chester Institute vs the 2003–2007 baseline (49.4% vs 64.4%).
-14%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Porter & Chester Institute fell 14% between 2021 and 2024 (57.3% → 49.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Connecticut
Each tile compares this institution to the Connecticut median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,588+10% · 6→10y
Connecticut median $57,515$37,807
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry49.4%-6% · '97→'09
Connecticut median 70.2%$9,500+72% · '97→'20
At program completion1,405+748% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS61.3%-38% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$14,349-36% · '03→'24
out-of-state $14,349SECTION 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
3.0%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,588 (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.
-38%
Porter & Chester Institute · retention fell
79.0% → 49.1%
+606%
Porter & Chester Institute · undergrad enrollment rose
162 → 1,373
-36%
Porter & Chester Institute · in-state tuition fell
$22,375 → $14,349
-36%
Porter & Chester Institute · out-of-state tuition fell
$22,375 → $14,349
+72%
Porter & Chester Institute · median debt rose
$6,973 → $12,000
-100%
Porter & Chester Institute · cohort default rate fell
18.1% → 0.0%
+317%
Porter & Chester Institute · pell share rose
13.6% → 56.6%
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.
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$56,898Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$56,166Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$55,238Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.$51,208Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$50,674Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$50,269Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$43,193Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$38,066Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$32,745Health and Medical Administrative Services.$31,300
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Porter & Chester Institute
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$334,991
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 4
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $17,136
- HS-only baseline · CT
- $42,300
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 46
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Connecticut
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Porter & Chester Institute graduates earn $X” — not “Porter & Chester Institute makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Porter & Chester Institute 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.