California Institute of Arts & Technology
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 45.0-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 15 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 14 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 6.7%
- No Data14 · 93.3%
- 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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
Action history · 2
- Dec 2021Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
- Aug 2019Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
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, 952 students received $5.2M in Pell grants, alongside $5.5M 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 37 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (5.4%) defaulted within three years — above 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 CIAT
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
- Public property2
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.
CIAT vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CIAT 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 Institute of Arts & Technology | 56% | Open admission | 2,112 | $32,637 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
| — | Open admission | 258 | $43,941 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions | |
| — | Open admission | 282 | $22,297 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields | |
| Too new | Not reported | — | $22,688 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions | |
| — | 85.8% | 108 | $7,732 | — | |
| Not reported | Open admission | 112 | $8,009 | — | |
| 10% | Open admission | 403 | $29,453 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields | |
| — | Open admission | 41 | $26,439 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 193 | Not reported | — | |
| 42% | 74.2% | 510 | $33,392 | — | |
| Peer group median | 42% | 80.0% | 258 | $26,439 |
Institutions like CIAT
Explore the federal data for institutions in CIAT's comparison group.
- Special Focus Two-Year: Technical ProfessionsFlorida
Aviator College of Aeronautical Science and Technology
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment258Net price$43,941View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Other FieldsArizona
Brookline College-Tempe
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment282Net price$22,297View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Technical ProfessionsCalifornia
California Institute of Arts & Technology-National City
Grad rateToo newAdmit rateNot reportedEnrollment—Net price$22,688View data - New York
Jamestown Business College
Grad rate—Admit rate85.8%Enrollment108Net price$7,732View data - Florida
Jose Maria Vargas University
Grad rateNot reportedAdmit rateOpen admissionEnrollment112Net price$8,009View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Other FieldsCalifornia
Lionel University
Grad rate10%Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment403Net price$29,453View data - Iowa
Orion Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment41Net price$26,439View data - California
San Diego Global Knowledge University
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment193Net priceNot reportedView data - California
Southern California Institute of Technology
Grad rate42%Admit rate74.2%Enrollment510Net price$33,392View data
Campuses
The 1 campus that make up California Institute of Arts & Technology.
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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