CET-Santa Maria
About
The Center for Employment Training (CET) is a private postsecondary institution founded in 1967, located in Santa Maria, California. It offers various programs focused on job training and human development in areas such as business, technical trades, and medical fields.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
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.
Academic programs at CET-Santa Maria
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
CET-Santa Maria vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CET-Santa Maria 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCET-Santa Maria | 77% | — | 142 | $2,869 | — |
Annenberg School of Nursing | — | 100.0% | 7 | $20,811 | — |
B M Spurr School of Practical Nursing | — | 62.5% | 17 | $9,956 | — |
Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training | — | — | 53 | $10,813 | — |
Cayce/Reilly School of Massage | — | — | 19 | $17,382 | — |
Central School of Practical Nursing | — | — | 97 | $20,675 | — |
CES College | — | 68.0% | 118 | $27,139 | — |
CET-Oxnard | — | — | 95 | $9,534 | — |
CET-Salinas | — | — | 171 | $6,804 | — |
Citizens School of Nursing | — | 83.3% | 152 | $26,072 | — |
Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health | — | 100.0% | 360 | — | — |
CVPH Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology | — | 85.7% | 20 | $8,609 | — |
Dr. Ida Rolf Institute | — | 100.0% | 12 | $38,347 | — |
EDP School | — | — | 151 | $11,808 | — |
Health and Technology Training Institute | — | 73.3% | 20 | $24,653 | — |
Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa | — | — | 32 | — | — |
Hypnosis Motivation Institute | — | — | 209 | $42,523 | — |
Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing | — | — | 85 | $16,121 | — |
Merkaz Bnos-Business School | — | 81.8% | 110 | $25,008 | — |
Metropolitan Learning Institute | — | — | 357 | $9,526 | — |
National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement | — | 29.4% | 194 | $10,571 | — |
National Latino Education Institute | — | — | — | $19,661 | — |
New Community Career & Technical Institute | — | — | 11 | $5,716 | — |
Philadelphia Technician Training | — | — | 512 | $23,288 | — |
Regional Center for Border Health | — | — | 131 | — | — |
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing | — | 34.1% | 146 | $25,162 | — |
The Vocational Nursing Institute Inc | — | 100.0% | 3 | $57,042 | — |
Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies | — | — | 84 | $11,260 | — |
West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition | — | — | 64 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 77% | 82.6% | 96 | $17,382 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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