National Career Education
About
National Career Education is a vocational institution located in California that specializes in hands-on training for careers in various fields including personal fitness, electrical work, HVAC, medical assistance, and lab technology. The school offers programs that prepare students for industry certifications and is approved for veterans' education benefits and financial aid. The founding year is not mentioned.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 911 borrowers who entered repayment, 31 (3.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at National Career Education
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
National Career Education vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions National Career Education 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNational Career Education | 83% | Open admission | 515 | $25,380 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
| — | Open admission | 664 | $16,795 | — | |
| No freshman cohort | Open admission | 605 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| — | Open admission | 102 | $17,145 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 302 | $18,088 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 307 | $30,513 | — | |
Commercial Diving Technologies Institute | — | — | — | $36,910 | — |
| — | Open admission | 282 | $14,183 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 191 | $13,587 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 198 | $39,337 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 443 | $22,126 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 200 | $14,190 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 146 | $22,148 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 285 | $20,403 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 114 | $42,758 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 183 | $21,536 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 71 | $24,925 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 335 | $31,575 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 293 | $11,362 | — | |
| — | 81.7% | 124 | $30,141 | — | |
| — | 99.0% | 312 | $20,255 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 241 | $27,871 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 249 | $25,261 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 74 | $26,546 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 192 | $32,280 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 317 | $32,601 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 161 | $37,713 | — | |
| Peer group median | 83% | 90.4% | 245 | $25,093 |
Institutions like National Career Education
Explore the federal data for institutions in National Career Education's comparison group.
- California
Advanced Career Institute
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment664Net price$16,795View data - Nevada
Advanced Training Institute
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateOpen admissionEnrollment605Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Texas
Austin Career Institute
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment102Net price$17,145View data - Pennsylvania
Automotive Training Center-Warminster
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment302Net price$18,088View data - California
Brownson Technical School
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment307Net price$30,513View data - Florida
Commercial Diving Technologies Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price$36,910 - Louisiana
Diesel Driving Academy-Baton Rouge
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment282Net price$14,183View data - Louisiana
Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment191Net price$13,587View data - Washington
Divers Institute of Technology
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment198Net price$39,337View data - Illinois
ETI School of Skilled Trades
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment443Net price$22,126View data - Arizona
HDS Truck Driving Institute
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment200Net price$14,190View data - New Jersey
Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment146Net price$22,148View data - Illinois
HVAC Technical Institute
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment285Net price$20,403View data - Connecticut
Industrial Management Training Institute
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment114Net price$42,758View data - California
InterCoast Colleges-Fairfield
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment183Net price$21,536View data - California
InterCoast Colleges-Rancho Cordova
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment71Net price$24,925View data - New Jersey
Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment335Net price$31,575View data - Texas
M T Training Center
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment293Net price$11,362View data - Rhode Island
MotoRing Technical Training Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate81.7%Enrollment124Net price$30,141View data - Massachusetts
Motoring Technical Training Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate99.0%Enrollment312Net price$20,255View data - Massachusetts
National Aviation Academy of New England
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment241Net price$27,871View data - New Jersey
National Career Institute
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment249Net price$25,261View data - Maine
Northeast Technical Institute
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment74Net price$26,546View data - Texas
Ocean Corporation
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment192Net price$32,280View data - California
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment317Net price$32,601View data - California
The Fab School
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment161Net price$37,713View data
Campus network
National Career Education is a campus of a larger institution. See its main campus and the other campuses in the same network.
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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