+15%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Northwest HVAC/R Training Center rose 15% between 2002 and 2004 ($3.8k → $4.4k).
Washington · Private nonprofit · Predominantly certificates
Northwest HVAC/R Training Center
Spokane, Washington. 49 undergraduate students. 1 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Northwest HVAC/R Training Center
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.
+44%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Northwest HVAC/R Training Center rose 44% between 2006 and 2009 (63.2% → 90.9%).
+15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Northwest HVAC/R Training Center rose 15% between 2002 and 2004 ($3.8k → $4.4k).
+43%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Northwest HVAC/R Training Center rose 43% between 2021 and 2024 (35 → 50).
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.
$60,551+38% · 6→10y
Washington median $47,350$43,961
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry82.8%-5% · '00→'09
Washington median 46.8%$9,500+43% · '99→'20
At program completion49
latest IPEDS77.8%+44% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time82.5%-7% · '18→'23
latest cohort—+9% · '00→'04
annualSECTION 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 $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $60,551 (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.
+44%
Northwest HVAC/R Training Center · retention rose
63.0% → 90.9%
+25%
Northwest HVAC/R Training Center · undergrad enrollment rose
0 → 50
+43%
Northwest HVAC/R Training Center · median debt rose
$6,625 → $9,500
-100%
Northwest HVAC/R Training Center · cohort default rate fell
45.8% → 0.0%
-25%
Northwest HVAC/R Training Center · pell share fell
60.0% → 44.9%
+68%
Northwest HVAC/R Training Center · earnings_median_10yr rose
$36,100 → $60,551
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Northwest HVAC/R Training Center
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%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma at Northwest HVAC/R Training Center(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
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
“Northwest HVAC/R Training Center graduates earn $X” — not “Northwest HVAC/R Training Center makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Northwest HVAC/R Training Center 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.