-42%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden fell 42% between 2021 and 2024 (52.3% → 30.3%).
Connecticut · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden
Hamden, Connecticut. 333 undergraduate students. 10 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden
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 Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (7.3% → 0.0%).
+24%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden rose 24% between 2017 and 2020 ($10.0k → $12.3k).
-20pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 20 pp at Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden vs the 2003–2007 baseline (43.2% vs 63.5%).
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.
$42,914+4% · 6→10y
Connecticut median $57,515$41,103
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry43.2%+20% · '97→'09
Connecticut median 70.2%$9,500+225% · '97→'20
At program completion333+283% · '97→'24
latest IPEDS65.2%-54% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$14,337-21% · '01→'24
out-of-state $14,337SECTION 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 $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,914 (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.
-54%
Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden · retention fell
66.0% → 30.3%
+149%
Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden · undergrad enrollment rose
105 → 402
+225%
Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden · median debt rose
$3,800 → $12,350
-100%
Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden · cohort default rate fell
16.4% → 0.0%
+455%
Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden · pell share rose
12.7% → 70.3%
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.
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$55,992Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$49,034Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$46,336Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$42,897Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$38,832Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$37,274Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$35,201
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
7 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden
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
$129,522
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 15
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $24,953
- 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 of Hamden graduates earn $X” — not “Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden 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.