Public · Cerritos, California

ABC Adult School

ABC Adult School is a public institution in Cerritos, California. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.

$12,465
Avg net price / yr
28.3%
150%-time completion
Suburb: Large
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this ABC Adult School profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

F
College Value Score
39/100
ABC Adult School

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price B-
$12,465
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
28.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
ABC Adult School vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

Not reported

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$12,465

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

28.3%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 28.3%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - ABC Adult School vs peers

ABC Adult School positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 6 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. ABC Adult School positioned by earnings vs cost COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $31K $64K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $2K $36K Avg Net Price ($) Mt. Diablo Adult Education-Mt. Diablo USD: $40K earn · $8K net · 75% grad Mt. Diablo Adult E… Beaumont Adult School: $51K earn · $31K net · 94% grad Beaumont Adult Sch… Angeles Institute: $61K earn · $24K net · 47% grad Angeles Institute PCI College: $36K earn · $27K net · 73% grad PCI College Cerritos College: $41K earn · $2K net · 30% grad Cerritos College Fremont University: $39K earn · $34K net · 36% grad Fremont University Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

Quick Facts

173
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
28.3%
150%-time completion
-
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How ABC Adult School ranks in California

State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric ABC Adult School State rank Percentile
Average net price $12,465 #141 of 495 72nd (lower is better)
150%-time completion 28.3% #463 of 483 4th
Undergraduate enrollment 173 #386 of 553 30th

Highest former-student earnings in California

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Samuel Merritt University$143,238-
2Harvey Mudd College$138,687$35,924
3California Institute of Technology$128,566$16,075
4Stanford University$124,080$13,807
5Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health$115,318-
6Gnomon$114,785$51,949
7Santa Clara University$109,183$50,062
8Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University$109,183-
9Touro University California$104,805-
10Claremont McKenna College$104,736$28,849
11West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County$102,672$32,879
12West Coast University-Ontario$102,672$49,590

Costs & Financial Aid

Tuition & Net Price

Average Net Price $12,465

Net Price by Family Income

$0 – $30,000 $12,760
$30,001 – $48,000 $11,759
33.6%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate

What students pay at ABC Adult School rose +147.6% since 2019

Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $6,500 in 2019 to $16,096 in 2023, a rise of $9,596 in nominal dollars. Across the 52 colleges measured over the same 2019–2023 span, the median change was +17.9%.

Average net price, 2019–2023

5 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2019: $6,5002020: $6,8312021: $8,3622022: $11,9552023: $16,096
2019 · $6,5002023 · $16,096

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2019–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

Outcomes

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 28.3%

Programs & Earnings

No program-level earnings data available for this school.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does ABC Adult School cost?
The average net price at ABC Adult School is $12,465..
What is the graduation rate at ABC Adult School?
ABC Adult School has a 28.3% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.

Sources & methodology

Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.

Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from ABC Adult School

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