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

Carrington College-San Jose

San Jose, California·Private for-profit, 2-year·Far West·carrington.edu
Acceptance
93.4%
-3.3pp vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
6-yr Graduation
60%
Enrollment
645
peer median 633
Avg net price
$31,043
+$1.9k vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
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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

How selective is this institution, and how many admitted students choose to enroll?

Applied
91
91 candidates competed
Admitted
85
93.4% acceptance rate
Enrolled
60
70.6% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
60%
Full-time retention
76%

Pell equity

1.0pp gap
Pell recipients
60%
Non-Pell
59%

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$30,127
$30–48k$30,521
$48–75k$33,000
$75–110k$34,391
$110k+$35,002

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

Avg net price (private)
$31,043
+$1,864vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions median $29,179
Federal loans
60.6%

Academic programs at Carrington College-San Jose

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs8
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

192 total
01Health Professions
15982.8%
02Agriculture
3317.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
645
12-mo unduplicated
1,055
Undergraduate
1,055
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
13%141
Women
87%914

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
66.6%
Asian
12.2%
White
8.7%
Unknown
6.2%
Black
3.4%
Non-resident
1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Two or more
0.1%

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
36

Carrington College-San Jose vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Carrington College-San Jose selected for federal comparison reporting.

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
SubjectCarrington College-San Jose
60%93.4%645$31,043Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Pima Medical Institute-Chula Vista
537$21,925Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
North-West College-West Covina
100.0%653$28,408Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos
573$29,950Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Career Care Institute
620$45,587Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Institute for Business and Technology
765$25,471Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Peer group median60%96.7%633$29,179

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