-32%
First-year retention
First-year retention at San Antonio College fell 32% between 2019 and 2022 (66.9% → 45.7%).
Texas · Public · Predominantly associate's
San Antonio College
San Antonio, Texas. 16,067 undergraduate students. 91 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at San Antonio 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.
-30%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at San Antonio College fell 30% between 2021 and 2024 ($14.1k → $10.0k).
+28%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at San Antonio College rose 28% between 2006 and 2009 ($3.3k → $4.2k).
+11%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at San Antonio College rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (14.7k → 16.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$39,711+16% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$34,318
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry22.1%+1286% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$6,500+62% · '99→'09
At program completion16,067+33% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—-18% · '04→'22
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,412+136% · '03→'24
out-of-state $14,422SECTION 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
2.2%Median federal debt $6,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,711 (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.
+473%
San Antonio College · completion · 150% rose
1.8% → 25.5%
-18%
San Antonio College · retention fell
56.0% → 45.7%
+33%
San Antonio College · undergrad enrollment rose
12,349 → 16,416
+136%
San Antonio College · in-state tuition rose
$1,445 → $3,412
+167%
San Antonio College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,734 → $9,952
+62%
San Antonio College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $4,250
+29%
San Antonio College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,900 → $39,711
+28%
San Antonio College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$28,400 → $36,309
+34%
San Antonio College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$25,700 → $34,318
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.$80,688Engineering, General.$74,940Fire Protection.$63,762Fire Protection.$60,043Biology, General.$51,392Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$49,695Business Administration, Management and Operations.$48,967Legal Support Services.$46,779Criminal Justice and Corrections.$42,793Social Work.$39,521Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$38,557Psychology, General.$36,225Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.$35,238Design and Applied Arts.$31,633Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$29,043Fine and Studio Arts.$24,662
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
16 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at San Antonio 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
$54,012
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 23
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $6,895
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- 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 Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“San Antonio College graduates earn $X” — not “San Antonio College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending San Antonio 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.