+58%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta rose 57% between 2017 and 2020 ($20.0k → $31.5k).
Georgia · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta
Duluth, Georgia. 779 undergraduate students. 4 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta
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.
+117%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta rose 117% between 2006 and 2009 (37.5% → 81.2%).
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.4% → 0.0%).
+90%
For-profit certificate-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta are 90% above the for-profit certificate-predominant peer median ($48.2k vs $25.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Georgia
Each tile compares this institution to the Georgia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$48,191+4% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$46,459
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry52.0%+32% · '01→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$20,500+414% · '01→'20
At program completion779+670% · '01→'24
latest IPEDS75.8%+35% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$16,657-33% · '03→'24
out-of-state $16,657SECTION 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
5.7%Median federal debt $20,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $48,191 (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.
+32%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta · completion · 150% rose
61.7% → 81.3%
+35%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta · retention rose
55.0% → 74.1%
+359%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta · undergrad enrollment rose
107 → 824
-33%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta · in-state tuition fell
$24,960 → $16,657
-33%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta · out-of-state tuition fell
$24,960 → $16,657
+414%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta · median debt rose
$6,125 → $31,500
-100%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta · cohort default rate fell
37.2% → 0.0%
+431%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta · pell share rose
10.5% → 56.0%
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.
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta
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
$499,276
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $25,482
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 47
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 Georgia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta graduates earn $X” — not “Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta 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.