Private (for-profit)

Summit College

San Bernardino, California·Private for-profit, less-than 2-year·Far West·summitcollege.edu
6-yr Graduation
62%
Enrollment
989
peer median 819
Avg net price
$24,161
+$749 vs peer
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About

Summit College is a vocational institution located in Southern California, established in 1991. It has four campuses in San Bernardino, Colton, Santa Ana, and El Cajon, offering programs primarily in allied health and trade & technical fields. The college focuses on providing hands-on training and accelerated programs to prepare students for careers with long-term earning potential.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
62%
Full-time retention
80%

Pell equity

14.0pp gap
Pell recipients
51%
Non-Pell
37%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$23,747
$30–48k$24,583
$48–75k$25,823
$75–110k$27,454
$110k+

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

Avg net price (private)
$24,161
+$749vs peer median $23,412
Federal loans
30.9%

Academic programs at Summit College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs7
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
989
12-mo unduplicated
1,551
Undergraduate
1,551
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
76%1,172
Women
24%379

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
59.0%
White
17.4%
Black
11.7%
Two or more
5.6%
Asian
3.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
1.4%
Unknown
1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.3%

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
26.0:1

Summit College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Summit 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
SubjectSummit College
62%989$24,161
All-State Career School-Pittsburgh
410$13,066
All-State Career-Baltimore
563$19,553
Apex Technical School
1,400$16,076
Arclabs
744$24,965
Automotive Training Center-Exton
366$11,732
Delta Technical College-Mississippi
2,307$16,771
International Air and Hospitality Academy
$26,404
Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor
1,008$26,269
Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah
1,080$29,211
Lincoln Technical Institute-Union
1,785$25,407
Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone
1,131$32,648
Midwest Technical Institute-Missouri
396$23,412
Miller-Motte College-STVT-San Antonio
762$21,496
National Aviation Academy of Tampa Bay
713$28,485
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut
289$15,448
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of CT-Bridgeport
428$16,151
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts
430$15,735
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Rhode Island
646$15,411
North American Trade Schools
534$11,812
Pennco Tech-Blackwood
875$22,036
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco
521$19,268
Tulsa Welding School-Houston
1,962$32,907
Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville
968$32,599
UEI College-West Covina
978$25,924
Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc
1,156$24,971
Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield
1,428$26,052
Peer group median62%819$23,412

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