California Aeronautical University
About
California Aeronautical University is a private institution located in Bakersfield, California, founded in 2016. The university focuses primarily on aviation-related programs, including pilot training and aircraft maintenance, and covers approximately 22 acres with facilities tailored for educational and student activities.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
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
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs at California Aeronautical
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
California Aeronautical vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions California Aeronautical selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCalifornia Aeronautical University | 30% | — | 350 | $38,205 | — |
Academy College | 36% | — | 56 | $31,307 | — |
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | 96% | 25.2% | 405 | $20,575 | — |
Neumont College of Computer Science | 57% | 86.8% | 476 | $28,979 | — |
Rensselaer at Hartford | — | — | — | — | — |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 78% | 76.9% | 2,334 | $40,665 | — |
Webb Institute | 88% | 14.0% | 106 | $19,077 | — |
| Peer group median | 68% | 51.0% | 378 | $30,143 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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