-15%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Las Vegas College fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 (632 → 536).
Nevada · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Las Vegas College
Las Vegas, Nevada. 545 undergraduate students. 17 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Las Vegas 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Las Vegas College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.8% → 0.0%).
+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Las Vegas College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($15.7k → $17.5k).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Las Vegas College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($15.7k → $17.5k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Nevada
Each tile compares this institution to the Nevada median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$31,398-1% · 6→10y
Nevada median $39,289$31,830
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry57.9%+14% · '99→'23
Nevada median 62.5%$7,951+44% · '97→'20
At program completion545+70% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—+137% · '04→'20
first-time, full-time—-28% · '01→'09
latest cohort$17,684+99% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,684SECTION 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
3.4%Median federal debt $7,951 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $31,398 (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.
+137%
Las Vegas College · retention rose
40.0% → 95.0%
+70%
Las Vegas College · undergrad enrollment rose
315 → 536
+99%
Las Vegas College · in-state tuition rose
$8,784 → $17,495
+99%
Las Vegas College · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,784 → $17,495
+44%
Las Vegas College · median debt rose
$5,765 → $8,279
-100%
Las Vegas College · cohort default rate fell
31.5% → 0.0%
+24%
Las Vegas College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$27,500 → $34,190
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$99,338Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$43,607Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$43,256Criminal Justice and Corrections.$37,768Accounting and Related Services.$36,141Legal Support Services.$34,421Health and Medical Administrative Services.$33,937Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.$32,900Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$31,205Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$30,235
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Las Vegas 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
-$139,824
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $31,468
- HS-only baseline · NV
- $37,400
- 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.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Nevada
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Las Vegas College graduates earn $X” — not “Las Vegas College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Las Vegas 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.