Carrington College-Pleasant Hill Campus
About
Carrington College is a network of for-profit private colleges with its headquarters in Sacramento, California. The school has 14 locations throughout the Western United States with a total enrollment of 8,097 and more than 132,000 alumni.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 2,403 borrowers who entered repayment, 79 (3.2%) 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 Carrington
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
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.
Carrington vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Carrington 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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCarrington College-Pleasant Hill Campus | 59% | 81.3% | 416 | $30,749 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Cabrillo College | — | — | 9,457 | $13,328 | Community College |
Canada College | — | — | 6,625 | $10 | Community College |
Carrington College-San Jose | — | 93.4% | 645 | $31,043 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Carrington College-San Leandro Campus | — | 91.9% | 326 | $32,368 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Chabot College | — | — | 12,842 | $4,616 | Community College |
City College of San Francisco | — | — | 19,267 | $7,272 | Community College |
College of Alameda | — | — | 6,141 | $9,280 | Community College |
College of Marin | — | — | 4,838 | $15,517 | Community College |
College of San Mateo | — | — | 9,901 | $1,504 | Community College |
Contra Costa College | — | — | 6,538 | $6,522 | Community College |
De Anza College | — | — | 17,425 | $4,667 | Community College |
Diablo Valley College | — | — | 17,228 | $6,142 | Community College |
Evergreen Valley College | — | — | 9,336 | $12,591 | Community College |
Foothill College | — | — | 12,949 | $7,549 | Baccalaureate |
Gavilan College | — | — | 6,083 | $2,244 | Community College |
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts | — | — | 3,437 | $30,558 | — |
Las Positas College | — | — | 8,103 | $4,175 | Community College |
Los Medanos College | — | — | 8,455 | $5,692 | Community College |
Merritt College | — | — | 7,022 | $14,742 | Community College |
Mission College | — | — | 6,909 | $5,198 | Community College |
Napa Valley College | — | — | 4,844 | $14,046 | Community College |
Ohlone College | — | — | 9,061 | $14,130 | Community College |
San Jose City College | — | — | 8,609 | $16,658 | Community College |
Santa Rosa Junior College | — | — | 17,854 | $5,541 | Community College |
Skyline College | — | — | 9,572 | -$1,180 | Baccalaureate |
Solano Community College | — | — | 9,282 | $3,869 | Baccalaureate |
West Valley College | — | — | 7,655 | $1,842 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 59% | 91.9% | 8,279 | $6,897 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Carrington College-Pleasant Hill Campus
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Carrington.
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