Smith Chason College
About
Smith Chason College, located in California and Arizona, was founded in 1998 as West Coast Ultrasound Institute, focusing on medical imaging and nursing programs. The college offers various degrees including bachelor's and associate's, particularly emphasizing diagnostic medical sonography, MRI technology, and nursing education.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 5.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 6 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing2 · 33.3%
- No Data4 · 66.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Action history · 1
- Dec 2022Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
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.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,154 students received $12.4M in Pell grants, alongside $20.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 650 borrowers who entered repayment, 15 (2.3%) defaulted within three years.
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 Smith Chason College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families 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
- On campus1
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.
Smith Chason College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Smith Chason College 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSmith Chason College | 72% | — | 2,447 | $34,402 | — |
American College of Healthcare Sciences | — | 53.5% | 1,052 | $24,016 | — |
Brookline College-Phoenix | 38% | — | 739 | — | — |
Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology | — | — | 381 | $17,057 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Career Networks Institute | — | — | 1,133 | $28,292 | — |
Carrington College-Sacramento | — | 88.7% | 2,207 | $37,143 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career College-Aurora | — | 90.5% | 256 | $16,547 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Eastwick College-Ramsey | 83% | 37.3% | 1,203 | $28,162 | — |
Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati | — | — | 645 | $29,150 | Special 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 | $29,598 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Glendale Career College | — | 100.0% | 896 | $46,212 | Special 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 | $29,115 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson | — | — | 2,676 | — | — |
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia | — | — | 2,318 | $29,092 | — |
Southeastern College-West Palm Beach | — | 87.0% | 564 | $33,952 | Special 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 | $28,309 | Special 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 median | 65% | 87.0% | 1,465 | $29,092 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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