Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

Career Care Institute

Lancaster, California·Private for-profit, 2-year·Far West·ccicolleges.edu
6-yr Graduation
71%
—
Total enrollment
620
peer median 422
Avg net price
$45,587
+$19k vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
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About

Career Care Institute (CCI) is a vocational training institution located in Southern California, with campuses in Lancaster, Ventura, and Moreno Valley. Founded in 1998, CCI specializes in medical training programs such as vocational nursing, medical assisting, dental assisting, and limited permit x-ray technician courses. The institution has grown significantly since its inception, responding to the increasing demand for medical professionals.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
71%
Full-time retention
69%

Pell equity

69.0pp gap
Pell recipients
86%
Non-Pell
17%

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.

FVT/GE

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.

Total programs
5
Passing
0
0.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

5programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data5 · 100.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
5

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.

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

4
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
32%
$17,246 debt · $54,018 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
26%
$9,500 debt · $35,973 earn
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
20%
$7,600 debt · $38,673 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
18%
$7,600 debt · $42,865 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Occupational Education

Accredited since 2010Next review Dec 2028
PreaccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Occupational Education

Accredited since 2009
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools

Accredited since 2003Next review Dec 2010

Action history · 10

  1. Mar 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Occupational Education
  2. Dec 2021Approved for Distance Education
    Council on Occupational Education
  3. Jun 2021Approved for Distance Education
    Council on Occupational Education
  4. Feb 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Occupational Education
  5. Nov 2018Removal of Show Cause Status
    Council on Occupational Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$44,317
$30–48k$45,218
$48–75k$46,539
$75–110k$48,839
$110k+$49,518

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

Avg net price (private)
$45,587
+$18,924vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions median $26,663
Federal loans
67.4%

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 616 students received $3.1M in Pell grants, alongside $4.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
616
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.1M
$3,085,408 total
Direct Loans
$4.1M
1,140 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.6M
561 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.1M
540 loan awards
Parent PLUS$357K
39 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 334 borrowers who entered repayment, 14 (4.1%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
4.1%
+1.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
334
Defaulted
14
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
11.7%
2017
5.6%
2018
9.2%
2019
4.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Career Care Institute

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs5
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

24 total completions
01Health Professions
24100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
620
12-mo unduplicated
986
Undergraduate
986
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
17%171
Women
83%815

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
57.2%
Black
13.3%
Non-resident
10.0%
White
9.2%
Asian
8.3%
Two or more
1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Unknown
0.1%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 579 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago1.721 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
1
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    12.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    38

    Career Care Institute vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Career Care Institute selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    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
    SubjectCareer Care Institute
    		71%—620$45,587Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    ATA College
    		——363$26,914Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology
    		——381$17,057Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Carrington College-Boise
    		—95.7%478—Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Carrington College-Pleasant Hill Campus
    		—81.3%416$30,749Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Carrington College-Reno
    		—95.5%551$47,705Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Carrington College-Tucson
    		—87.4%517$39,975Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career College-Portland
    		—96.9%172$22,887Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career College-San Antonio
    		—95.2%195$26,411Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career Institute-Jacksonville
    		—94.0%225$27,104Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Eastwick College-Nutley
    		—37.8%618$17,537Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College
    		——455$27,972Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Cutler Bay
    		——365$26,089Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Orange Park
    		——399$23,665Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Salt Lake City
    		——383$25,803Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis Institute
    		——422$15,326Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis Institute-Cookeville
    		——334$24,118Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Galen College of Nursing-ARH
    		——350$22,209Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Great Lakes Institute of Technology
    		—75.9%335$18,299Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Institute for Business and Technology
    		——765$25,471Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Institute of Medical Careers
    		——845$20,376Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Mandl School-The College of Allied Health
    		——497$30,873Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting
    		——805—Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Nevada Career Institute
    		—100.0%461$37,850Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Pima Medical Institute-Seattle
    		——471$28,460Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Southeastern College-Charleston
    		—98.1%226$36,778Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Southwest Institute of Healing Arts
    		——534$58,490Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences
    		——1,233$31,180Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    The College of Health Care Professions-South San Antonio
    		——419$26,663Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Peer group median71%95.2%422$26,663

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    Frequently asked questions about Career Care Institute

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Career Care Institute.

    What is the graduation rate at Career Care Institute?

    Career Care Institute reports a 6-year graduation rate of 71% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Career Care Institute?

    Career Care Institute reports a total enrollment of 620 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Career Care Institute?

    The average net price at Career Care Institute is $45,587 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Career Care Institute located?

    Career Care Institute is located in Lancaster, California 93534.

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