Private For-Profit · Anaheim, California

California Career Institute

California Career Institute is a private for-profit institution in Anaheim, California. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.

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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this California Career Institute 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

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College Value Score
39/100
California Career Institute

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.

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Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
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Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt F
$17,363
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
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Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
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First-year students returning for year two
California Career Institute 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

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Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

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After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

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Full-time, first-time cohort

College ROI Quadrant - California Career Institute vs peers

California Career Institute 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 8 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. California Career Institute positioned by earnings vs cost COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $28K $72K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $19K $53K Avg Net Price ($) Milan Institute-Visalia: $32K earn · $24K net · 50% grad Milan Institute-Vi… North-West College-San Diego: $41K earn · $47K net North-West College… Career Care Institute: $40K earn · $50K net · 72% grad Career Care Instit… Carrington College-San Jose: $40K earn · $36K net · 58% grad Carrington College… Asher College: $45K earn · $35K net · 70% grad Asher College San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula: $38K earn · $26K net · 74% grad San Joaquin Valley… Platt College-Anaheim: $41K earn · $23K net · 63% grad Brownson Technical School: $69K earn · $31K net · 87% grad 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

628
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
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150%-time completion
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10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention

How California Career Institute ranks in California

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

Metric California Career Institute State rank Percentile
Undergraduate enrollment 628 #261 of 553 53rd

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

What students pay at California Career Institute rose +122.9% since 2013

Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $18,152 in 2013 to $40,465 in 2020, a rise of $22,313 in nominal dollars.

Average net price, 2013–2020

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

2013: $18,1522014: $24,3432015: $30,2012016: $22,2552017: $32,0382018: $31,7892019: $30,3912020: $40,465
2013 · $18,1522020 · $40,465

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2020). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

88.2%
Female
49.6%
First Generation

Programs & Earnings

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate 80 $67,553 $17,363
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Certificate 12 $40,789 -

Scorecard-derived matches among reporting colleges — not school marketing or paid placement lists.

Sources & methodology

Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.

Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from California Career Institute

For-profit Scorecard figures are Title-IV cohort history — verify current program costs, accreditation, and repayment outcomes with the school and official aid tools.

Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private for-profit profiles compile Scorecard debt/earnings and IPEDS operating fields from federal files — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.