Private (for-profit)

Bay Area Medical Academy

San Francisco, California·Private for-profit, less-than 2-year·Far West·bamasf.edu
6-yr Graduation
52%
Enrollment
209
peer median 195
Avg net price
$25,327
+$2.7k vs peer
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Bay Area Medical Academy (BAMA) is a private for-profit college with two campuses in California providing medical assisting with phlebotomy and EKG training. The school's campuses are in San Francisco and San Jose.

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
52%
Full-time retention
73%

Pell equity

45.0pp gap
Pell recipients
45%
Non-Pell
0%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$24,955
$30–48k$25,471
$48–75k$27,016
$75–110k$31,641
$110k+

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$25,327
+$2,723vs peer median $22,604
Federal loans
44.5%

Academic programs at Bay Area Medical Academy

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs1
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
209
12-mo unduplicated
309
Undergraduate
309
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
17%52
Women
83%257

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
37.7%
Black
30.8%
Asian
11.9%
Two or more
4.4%
Non-resident
4.4%
Unknown
3.1%
White
2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
2.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
2.5%

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
23.0:1

Bay Area Medical Academy vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Bay Area Medical Academy selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectBay Area Medical Academy
52%209$25,327
Ace Institute of Technology
275$35,092
Allen School-Jamaica
67$30,588
Angeles Institute
113$23,161
Ayers Career College
256$17,824
Blake Austin College
217$30,926
Blue Cliff College-Gulfport
200$24,902
Career Development Institute Inc
172$21,412
CCI Training Center-Arlington
305$12,875
Cortiva Institute
209$34,368
Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus
189$22,230
Delta College-Slidell Campus
162$19,835
Fortis College-Dothan
177$19,325
Garden State Science and Technology Institute
917$24,759
InterAmerican Technical Institute
500$29,741
Irene's Myomassology Institute
285$29,947
Marian Health Careers Center-Los Angeles Campus
150$30,387
Mayfield College
292$22,604
Medical Training College
164$19,106
North-West College-Van Nuys
100.0%294$33,464
Prism Career Institute-West Atlantic City
72.0%235$28,754
Ross Medical Education Center-Granger
172$22,381Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Ross Medical Education Center-Huntsville
132$21,041
Ross Medical Education Center-Kentwood
134$21,580
Ross Medical Education Center-Roosevelt Park
130$21,456
Ross Medical Education Center-Warren
237$21,312
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville
423$19,274
State Career College
185$18,724
Stellar Career College
83$21,507
Unitech Training Academy-West Monroe
81$25,053
Universal Healthcare Careers College
82.4%287$33,617
Verve College
176
Peer group median52%82.4%195$22,604

Reports & documents (1)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Grants & funding (1)

Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

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