-31%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 31% at Clark College vs the 2018–2022 baseline (4.7k vs 6.8k).
Washington · Public · Predominantly associate's
Clark College
Vancouver, Washington. 4,699 undergraduate students. 67 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Clark 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.
-16%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Clark College fell 16% between 2021 and 2024 (5.9k → 4.9k).
+16%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Clark College rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.5k → $5.2k).
+10%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Clark College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($10.1k → $11.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Washington
Each tile compares this institution to the Washington median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$42,356+13% · 6→10y
Washington median $47,350$37,411
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry35.7%+63% · '97→'24
Washington median 46.8%$6,666+222% · '97→'20
At program completion4,699-28% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—-2% · '04→'14
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,632+195% · '00→'24
out-of-state $10,380SECTION 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
2.1%Median federal debt $6,666 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,356 (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.
+63%
Clark College · completion · 150% rose
23.8% → 39.0%
-28%
Clark College · undergrad enrollment fell
6,895 → 4,945
+195%
Clark College · in-state tuition rose
$1,776 → $5,233
+421%
Clark College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,148 → $11,183
+222%
Clark College · median debt rose
$3,383 → $10,881
-99%
Clark College · cohort default rate fell
16.3% → 0.1%
+30%
Clark College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$28,800 → $37,411
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.
Physical Sciences.$84,491Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$82,041Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,943Business/Commerce, General.$60,811Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$59,905Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$51,403Business Administration, Management and Operations.$50,955Precision Metal Working.$49,937Accounting and Related Services.$49,025Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$47,593Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications.$46,835Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$40,985Health and Medical Administrative Services.$37,977Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$36,548Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$32,596Culinary Arts and Related Services.$24,922
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.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Clark 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
$19,728
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 32
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $10,892
- HS-only baseline · WA
- $41,200
- 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 Washington
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Clark College graduates earn $X” — not “Clark College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Clark 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.