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Milan Institute - Visalia

Visalia, California·Private for-profit, less-than 2-year·Far West·milaninstitute.edu

Milan Institute-Visalia has open admission, so it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements (effectively a 100% acceptance rate). 51% of students graduate within 150% of normal time, per 2024 IPEDS data. Fall enrollment is 635 students, and 1,098 enrolled over the full 12-month year (2024). Source: IPEDS.

Acceptance
100%
Open admission
Graduation (150% time)
51%
—
Total enrollment
635
peer median 453
Avg net price
$24,040
+$3.3k vs peer
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About

Milan Institute-Visalia is a for-profit vocational school located in Visalia, California. It offers a variety of career training programs, including courses in administrative medical assistance, cosmetology, and electrician technology. However, the founding year of the institution is not mentioned.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
51%
Full-time retention
92%

Pell equity

24.2pp gap
Pell recipients
48%155 of 321
Non-Pell (all)
72%26 of 36
Subsidized loan, no Pell
72%13 of 18
No Federal Aid
72%13 of 18

Non-Pell students graduate at a 24.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 8 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 8 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
8
Passing
0
0.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

8programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data8 · 100.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
8

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

5
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
30%
$7,691 debt · $25,624 earn
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
30%
$8,758 debt · $29,430 earn
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
24%
$7,489 debt · $31,103 earn
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
24%
$8,919 debt · $37,097 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
23%
$8,082 debt · $34,956 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Occupational Education

Accredited since 2015Next review Dec 2027
PreaccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Occupational Education

Accredited since 2015
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training

Accredited since 1987

Action history · 12

  1. Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Council on Occupational Education
  2. Sep 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Council on Occupational Education
  3. Jun 2025Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality
    Council on Occupational Education
  4. Mar 2025Removal of Monitoring Status
    Council on Occupational Education
  5. Mar 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Council on Occupational Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$23,452
$30–48k$24,391
$48–75k$25,656
$75–110k$27,565
$110k+—

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

Avg net price (private)
$24,040
+$3,275vs peer median $20,766
Federal loans
68.9%

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 919 students received $4.1M in Pell grants, alongside $4.8M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
919
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$4.1M
$4,063,480 total
Direct Loans
$4.8M
1,551 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.0M
761 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.4M
719 loan awards
Parent PLUS$369K
71 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 341 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (1.7%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.7%
-0.6pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
341
Defaulted
6
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
13.1%
2017
9.9%
2018
7.3%
2019
1.7%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Milan Institute-Visalia

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs8
UndergraduateOffered

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
635
12-mo unduplicated
1,098
Undergraduate
1,098
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
12%134
Women
88%964

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
78.0%
White
12.8%
Black
2.8%
Unknown
2.8%
Two or more
1.9%
Asian
0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 632 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    12.0:1

    Milan Institute-Visalia vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Milan Institute-Visalia selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    6-yr gradRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    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
    SubjectMilan Institute-Visalia
    		—Open admission635$24,040—
    Advance Beauty College
    		—Open admission346$10,358—
    American Institute of Beauty
    		—Open admission151$11,370—
    Avalon Institute-Las Vegas
    		—Open admission304$16,571—
    Avalon Institute-Mesa
    		—Open admission298$18,972—
    Avalon Institute-Phoenix
    		—Open admission219$17,439—
    Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Minneapolis
    		—Open admission623$18,345—
    Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington
    		—Open admission2,078$25,742—
    Aveda Fredric's Institute-Cincinnati
    		—Open admission453$24,430—
    Aveda Institute-South Florida
    		—100.0%923$24,529—
    Aveda Institute-Tallahassee
    		—100.0%620$22,630—
    Bellus Academy-Chula Vista
    		—Open admission341$20,738—
    Bellus Academy-Poway
    		—Open admission324$32,767—
    Celebrity School of Beauty
    		—Open admission855$28,762—
    Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup
    		—Open admission641$14,570—
    Cosmetology & Spa Academy
    		—Open admission445$16,708—
    Douglas J Aveda Institute
    		—Open admission777$25,357—
    Elaine Sterling Institute
    		—71.4%641$30,314—
    Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences-Summerlin
    		—Open admission414$31,615—
    Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett
    		—Open admission1,172$14,149—
    Georgia Career Institute
    		—Open admission515$14,966—
    Health And Style Institute
    		—Open admission—$37,514—
    Milan Institute-Clovis
    		—Open admission560$23,238—
    Moler Barber College
    		—Open admission411$23,361—
    Olympian Academy of Cosmetology
    		—Open admission338$20,793—
    Paul Mitchell the School-Esani
    		—Open admission359$18,522—
    Paul Mitchell the School-Temecula
    		—Open admission320$27,850—
    Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Alliance
    		—Open admission339$18,245—
    Studio Academy of Beauty
    		—Open admission570$13,257—
    Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Bridgeview
    		—Open admission470$19,980—
    Peer group median—100.0%453$20,766

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    IPEDS

    Campuses

    The 1 campus that make up Milan Institute-Visalia.

    IPEDS

    Reports & documents (1)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Frequently asked questions about Milan Institute-Visalia

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Milan Institute-Visalia.

    What is the acceptance rate at Milan Institute-Visalia?

    Milan Institute-Visalia has an open admission policy, so it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements (effectively a 100% acceptance rate). Some programs, such as nursing, may have separate selective admission. IPEDS does not collect an admit rate for open-admission colleges.

    What is the graduation rate at Milan Institute-Visalia?

    At Milan Institute-Visalia, 51% of students graduate within 150% of normal time, per 2024 IPEDS data.

    How many students attend Milan Institute-Visalia?

    Milan Institute-Visalia reports a total enrollment of 635 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Milan Institute-Visalia?

    The average net price at Milan Institute-Visalia is $24,040 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Milan Institute-Visalia located?

    Milan Institute-Visalia is located in Visalia, California 93277.

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    U.S. Department of Education
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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