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

Glendale Career College

Glendale, California·Private for-profit, 4-year or above·Far West·success.edu
Acceptance
100.0%
+13.0pp vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
6-yr Graduation
63%
Enrollment
896
peer median 1,465
Avg net price
$46,212
+$17k vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
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About

Glendale Career College is a private, for-profit college in Glendale, California. It was established in 1946 by Dr. Byron Prout. It is now owned and operated by the Fuerst family of Success Education Colleges.

Admissions & acceptance rate

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

Applied
89
89 candidates competed
Admitted
89
100.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
63
70.8% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
63%
Full-time retention
90%

Pell equity

13.0pp gap
Pell recipients
59%
Non-Pell
72%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$44,563
$30–48k$45,547
$48–75k$46,723
$75–110k$48,271
$110k+$48,271

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

Avg net price (private)
$46,212
+$17,120vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions median $29,092
Federal loans
79.7%

Academic programs at Glendale Career College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs7
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

131 total
01Health Professions
131100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
896
12-mo unduplicated
1,240
Undergraduate
1,240
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
23%291
Women
77%949

Race / ethnicity composition

Two or more
28.1%
Hispanic
22.5%
White
20.0%
Asian
18.4%
Black
6.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
2.0%
Unknown
1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.1%

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
21.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
12

Glendale Career College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Glendale Career College 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
SubjectGlendale Career College
63%100.0%896$46,212Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
American College of Healthcare Sciences
53.5%1,052$24,016
Brookline College-Phoenix
38%739
Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology
381$17,057Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Career Networks Institute
1,133$28,292
Carrington College-Sacramento
88.7%2,207$37,143Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Concorde Career College-Aurora
90.5%256$16,547Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Eastwick College-Ramsey
83%37.3%1,203$28,162
Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati
645$29,150Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio
50%2,953$29,824
Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay
100%1,465$29,598Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts
3,437$30,558
Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences
0%61.9%2,073$31,013
Las Vegas College
536$29,115Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson
2,676
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia
2,318$29,092
Smith Chason College
92%2,447$34,402
Southeastern College-West Palm Beach
87.0%564$33,952Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Southwest University at El Paso
67%2,130$17,803
Stanbridge University
10.0%2,928$25,114
Sumner College
88.9%532$28,309Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest
4,530$25,937
Unitek College
63%5,725$25,719
Peer group median63%87.0%1,465$29,092

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