-13%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at The College of the Florida Keys fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (39.2% → 34.1%).
Florida · Public · Predominantly certificates
The College of the Florida Keys
Key West, Florida. 823 undergraduate students. 32 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at The College of the Florida Keys
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 The College of the Florida Keys fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.5% → 0.0%).
+22%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at The College of the Florida Keys rose 22% between 2021 and 2024 (832 → 1.0k).
+19%
Public certificate-predominant peer
10-year earnings at The College of the Florida Keys are 19% above the public certificate-predominant peer median ($42.5k vs $35.6k).
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.
$42,508+6% · 6→10y
Florida median $36,288$40,277
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry40.8%+116% · '97→'24
Florida median 65.6%$8,250+153% · '97→'20
At program completion823+19% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—-8% · '04→'16
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,279+114% · '00→'24
out-of-state $13,162SECTION 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
2.6%Median federal debt $8,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,508 (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.
+116%
The College of the Florida Keys · completion · 150% rose
15.8% → 34.1%
+114%
The College of the Florida Keys · in-state tuition rose
$1,530 → $3,276
+132%
The College of the Florida Keys · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,670 → $13,162
+153%
The College of the Florida Keys · median debt rose
$3,750 → $9,500
-100%
The College of the Florida Keys · cohort default rate fell
21.5% → 0.0%
-39%
The College of the Florida Keys · pell share fell
45.2% → 27.8%
+26%
The College of the Florida Keys · earnings_median_10yr rose
$33,800 → $42,508
+38%
The College of the Florida Keys · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,200 → $40,277
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
2 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at The College of the Florida Keys
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
$228,279
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $14,700
- HS-only baseline · FL
- $35,400
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
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
“The College of the Florida Keys graduates earn $X” — not “The College of the Florida Keys makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending The College of the Florida Keys 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.