Private (for-profit)

Premiere Career College

Irwindale, California·Private for-profit, 2-year·Far West·premierecollege.edu
6-yr Graduation
52%
Enrollment
105
peer median 365
Avg net price
$23,214
+$321 vs peer
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Premiere Career College is a vocational institution located in Irwindale, California, founded in 1991. It offers specialized training programs in nursing, medical, and business fields, emphasizing practical experience and hands-on training.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
52%
Full-time retention
88%

Pell equity

1.0pp gap
Pell recipients
49%
Non-Pell
50%

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$21,782
$30–48k$23,723
$48–75k$27,411
$75–110k
$110k+$29,472

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

Avg net price (private)
$23,214
+$321vs peer median $22,894
Federal loans
36.1%

Academic programs at Premiere Career College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs5
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

39 total
01Health Professions
39100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
105
12-mo unduplicated
180
Undergraduate
180
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
27%49
Women
73%131

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
83.0%
Asian
7.5%
White
3.8%
Black
1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.9%
Two or more
1.9%

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
15.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
9

Premiere Career College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Premiere 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
SubjectPremiere Career College
52%105$23,214
American College of Healthcare and Technology
272$15,115
AMG School of Nursing
552$33,363
ATA College
23.1%193$22,680
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Indianapolis
172$30,293
California Career Institute
73.9%628
Concorde Career College-Southaven
100.0%115$22,064
Contra Costa Medical Career College
556
Dorsey College-Dearborn
430$22,173
Galen Health Institutes-Richmond
454$40,766
Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield
493$49,781
Infinity College
179
Institute of Culinary Education
553
Interactive College of Technology-Newport
101$15,239
Lamson Institute
498$24,617
Mariano Moreno Culinary Institute
108$14,004
Miller-Motte College-Tulsa
389$23,107
North-West College-Anaheim
100.0%513$31,140
North-West College-Long Beach
100.0%652$32,474
Ohio Medical Career College
129$16,023
Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio
424$21,497
Pinnacle Career Institute
619$19,024
PITC Institute
282$19,304
Ross College-Grand Rapids North
387$21,770
San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Mirage
342$24,175
San Joaquin Valley College-Santa Maria
114$20,549
Southeastern College-Charlotte
93.7%252$36,058
Southern Careers Institute-Waco
185$22,657
Universal Technical Institute-South Florida Miramar
791$25,637
Valley College-Beckley
165$24,526
Peer group median52%96.8%365$22,894

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