+381%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at South Florida Institute of Technology rose 381% between 2017 and 2020 ($2.0k → $9.5k).
Florida · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
South Florida Institute of Technology
Miami, Florida. 7,800 undergraduate students. 8 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at South Florida Institute of Technology
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.
+496%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at South Florida Institute of Technology rose 496% between 2021 and 2024 (1.6k → 9.7k).
-12%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at South Florida Institute of Technology are 12% below 6-year earnings ($32.3k → $28.6k).
+282%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at South Florida Institute of Technology rose 281% between 2006 and 2009 (22.0% → 83.9%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Florida
Each tile compares this institution to the Florida median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$28,570-12% · 6→10y
Florida median $36,288$32,335
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry75.2%-16% · '03→'09
Florida median 65.6%$9,500+556% · '12→'20
At program completion7,800+60819% · '03→'24
latest IPEDS85.0%-9% · '08→'24
first-time, full-time—
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
4.4%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $28,570 (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.
+4866%
South Florida Institute of Technology · undergrad enrollment rose
16 → 9,747
+556%
South Florida Institute of Technology · median debt rose
$1,448 → $9,500
-20%
South Florida Institute of Technology · pell share fell
87.5% → 69.9%
+84%
South Florida Institute of Technology · earnings_median_10yr rose
$15,500 → $28,570
+84%
South Florida Institute of Technology · earnings_median_8yr rose
$14,600 → $27,252
+134%
South Florida Institute of Technology · earnings_median_6yr rose
$12,200 → $32,335
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.
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology.$42,225Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$40,003Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection.$36,673Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services.$36,360Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other.$30,045Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$21,876Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$14,230
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.
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 South Florida Institute of Technology
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
$126,752
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $29,731
- HS-only baseline · FL
- $35,400
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 15
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 Florida
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“South Florida Institute of Technology graduates earn $X” — not “South Florida Institute of Technology makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending South Florida Institute of Technology 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.