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.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 5 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 5 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data5 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Action history · 1
- Apr 2018Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
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.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 265 students received $1.8M in Pell grants, alongside $7.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 185 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (0.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
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
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus2
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
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 | — |
| 36% | — | 56 | $31,307 | — | |
| 96% | 25.2% | 405 | $20,575 | — | |
| 57% | 86.8% | 476 | $28,979 | — | |
Rensselaer at Hartford | — | — | — | — | — |
| 78% | 76.9% | 2,334 | $40,665 | — | |
| 88% | 14.0% | 106 | $19,077 | — | |
| Peer group median | 68% | 51.0% | 378 | $30,143 |
Institutions like California Aeronautical
Explore the federal data for institutions in California Aeronautical's comparison group.
- Minnesota
Academy College
Grad rate36%Admit rate—Enrollment56Net price$31,307View data - Massachusetts
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Grad rate96%Admit rate25.2%Enrollment405Net price$20,575View data - Utah
Neumont College of Computer Science
Grad rate57%Admit rate86.8%Enrollment476Net price$28,979View data - Connecticut
Rensselaer at Hartford
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price— - Indiana
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Grad rate78%Admit rate76.9%Enrollment2,334Net price$40,665View data - New York
Webb Institute
Grad rate88%Admit rate14.0%Enrollment106Net price$19,077View data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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