CET-Soledad
About
The Center for Employment Training (CET) is a private postsecondary institution located in Soledad, California, founded in 1967. It offers a variety of job training programs in areas such as business, medical, technical trades, and truck driving. CET is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education and licensed by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
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-Soledad
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-Soledad vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CET-Soledad 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-Soledad | 81% | — | 155 | $10,377 | — |
CET-Alexandria | — | — | — | $20,615 | — |
CET-Coachella | — | — | 96 | $11,202 | — |
CET-Colton | — | — | 162 | $15,800 | — |
CET-El Centro | — | — | 130 | $19,211 | — |
CET-El Paso | — | — | 67 | $19,187 | — |
CET-San Diego | — | — | 223 | $19,875 | — |
CET-San Jose | — | — | 266 | $15,045 | — |
CET-Watsonville | — | — | 142 | $1,532 | — |
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology | — | — | 356 | $20,705 | — |
IYRS School of Technology & Trades | — | 88.9% | 68 | $18,436 | — |
North Bennet Street School | — | — | 155 | $35,199 | — |
Northwest HVAC/R Training Center | — | 82.5% | 50 | $16,737 | — |
Orleans Technical College | — | 79.5% | 340 | $17,627 | — |
School of Missionary Aviation Technology | — | — | 36 | $14,994 | — |
Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center | — | — | 360 | $17,952 | — |
| Peer group median | 81% | 82.5% | 155 | $17,790 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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