10-yr median earnings
$39,633
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Santa Maria, California
Carrington College-Santa Maria
Carrington College-Santa Maria is a private for-profit institution in Santa Maria, 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.
- $39,633
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Carrington College-Santa Maria posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 46th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- +5%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Carrington College-Santa Maria 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
D
College Value Score
47/100
Carrington College-Santa Maria
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 D
$39,633
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt C+
$11,537
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
45.4%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Carrington College-Santa Maria vs peers
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.
How Carrington College-Santa Maria ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Carrington College-Santa Maria: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$39,633 46th percentile higher than 46% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Carrington College-Santa Maria | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $39,633 | #2760 of 5103 | 46th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
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Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
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150%-time completion
$39,633
10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Carrington College-Santa Maria ranks in California
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Carrington College-Santa Maria | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $39,633 | #298 of 493 | 40th |
Highest former-student earnings in California
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Merritt University | $143,238 | - |
| 2 | Harvey Mudd College | $138,687 | $35,924 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | $128,566 | $16,075 |
| 4 | Stanford University | $124,080 | $13,807 |
| 5 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | $115,318 | - |
| 6 | Gnomon | $114,785 | $51,949 |
| 7 | Santa Clara University | $109,183 | $50,062 |
| 8 | Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University | $109,183 | - |
| 9 | Touro University California | $104,805 | - |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College | $104,736 | $28,849 |
| 11 | West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | $102,672 | $32,879 |
| 12 | West Coast University-Ontario | $102,672 | $49,590 |
| 296 | Carrington College-Santa MariaThis school | $39,633 | - |
Outcomes
$37,870
Median Earnings (6yr)
49.6%
Earning Over $25K
45.4%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $37,870 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $39,633 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 49.6% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 45.4% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $11,537 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $122/mo |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Carrington College-Santa Maria? ▼
Carrington College-Santa Maria is a private for-profit institution in Santa Maria, California.
How much do Carrington College-Santa Maria former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Carrington College-Santa Maria who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $39,633 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $37,870.
Is Carrington College-Santa Maria worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Carrington College-Santa Maria is $11,537, while former students earn a median of $39,633 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 29% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 45.4% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $122.
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.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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