-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at College of Western Idaho fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.8% → 0.0%).
Idaho · Public · Predominantly associate's
College of Western Idaho
Nampa, Idaho. 5,898 undergraduate students. 84 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at College of Western Idaho
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.
+15%
First-year retention
First-year retention at College of Western Idaho rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 (57.2% → 65.6%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
College of Western Idaho earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Idaho median
Each tile compares this institution to the Idaho median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
—+7% · 6→8y
Idaho median $30,543$35,528
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry26.8%
Idaho median 64.1%$4,823+95% · '12→'20
At program completion5,898-22% · '12→'24
latest IPEDS63.5%+34% · '12→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,336+6% · '12→'24
out-of-state $7,344SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How College of Western Idaho 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 04 · LONG ARC
College of Western Idaho enrollment, completion, and debt over time
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+34%
College of Western Idaho · retention rose
49.0% → 65.6%
-22%
College of Western Idaho · undergrad enrollment fell
8,241 → 6,459
+95%
College of Western Idaho · median debt rose
$4,987 → $9,720
-100%
College of Western Idaho · cohort default rate fell
22.2% → 0.0%
-60%
College of Western Idaho · pell share fell
55.1% → 22.3%
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
College of Western Idaho 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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$71,007Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians$63,575Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies$61,893Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies$61,460Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians$60,009Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$52,778Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies$50,627Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies$50,586Business/Commerce, General$48,627Precision Metal Working$47,425Precision Metal Working$47,339Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$47,172Ground Transportation$43,641Political Science and Government$42,851Biology, General$42,456Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$42,044Criminal Justice and Corrections$41,405Sociology$39,280Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services$36,373Culinary Arts and Related Services$35,830Psychology, General$30,992
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
21 College of Western Idaho programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at College of Western Idaho
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
$390,617
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,953
- HS-only baseline · ID
- $35,100
- 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
Institutions similar to College of Western Idaho in Idaho
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“College of Western Idaho graduates earn $X” — not “College of Western Idaho makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending College of Western Idaho 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.