Louisiana · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates

Ayers Career College

Shreveport, Louisiana. 213 undergraduate students. 8 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Ayers Career College

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.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+65%

In-state tuition

In-state tuition at Ayers Career College rose 65% between 2006 and 2009 ($8.5k → $14.0k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%

3-year cohort default rate

3-year cohort default rate at Ayers Career College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.1% → 0.0%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+65%

Out-of-state tuition

Out-of-state tuition at Ayers Career College rose 65% between 2006 and 2009 ($8.5k → $14.0k).

COMPLETION DROP · TRENDING WORSE-12pp

150%-time completion

150%-time completion fell 12 pp at Ayers Career College vs the 2003–2007 baseline (68.1% vs 79.9%).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Louisiana

Each tile compares this institution to the Louisiana median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$29,935+20% · 6→10y
Louisiana median $33,099
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$24,889
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
68.1%+39% · '99→'09
Louisiana median 52.0%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$8,772+262% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
213+205% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
74.1%-2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
+94% · '04→'09
annual
SECTION 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).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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

3.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $8,772 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $29,935 (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.

UNDERGRAD · 19962024256
4108119962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1999200998.6%
99%42%19992009
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020$9,500
$9,500$2,62519972020
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 19992009+39%

Ayers Career College · completion · 150% rose

70.7% → 98.6%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 19962024+86%

Ayers Career College · undergrad enrollment rose

84 → 256

IN-STATE TUITION · 20042009+94%

Ayers Career College · in-state tuition rose

$7,200 → $14,000

OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 20042009+94%

Ayers Career College · out-of-state tuition rose

$7,200 → $14,000

MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020+262%

Ayers Career College · median debt rose

$2,625 → $9,500

COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 20112024-100%

Ayers Career College · cohort default rate fell

5.1% → 0.0%

PELL SHARE · 20082024+95%

Ayers Career College · pell share rose

48.0% → 93.9%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20052020+22%

Ayers Career College · earnings_median_8yr rose

$23,200 → $28,340

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at Ayers Career College

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
-$162,213
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$17,824
HS-only baseline · LA
$32,800
Years to complete
1
CIP family
51

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Ayers Career College graduates earn $X” — not “Ayers Career College makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Ayers Career College 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.

Methodology →