Private (for-profit)

UEI College-Gardena

Gardena, California·Private for-profit, 2-year·Far West
6-yr Graduation
60%
Enrollment
1,332
peer median 652
Avg net price
$26,611
+$2.0k vs peer
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UEI College is a private for-profit career college with locations in the U.S. states of California, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico, and Georgia. It specializes in short-term technical and vocational education to prepare students for entry-level positions in industries such as healthcare, business, and skilled trades. UEI College is owned by International Education Corporation. The school was founded in 1982 as United Education Institute and changed its name to UEI College in 2009.

Outcomes & equity

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

Overall completion
60%
Full-time retention
73%

Pell equity

0.0pp gap
Pell recipients
59%
Non-Pell
59%

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

What families actually pay

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$26,303
$30–48k$26,915
$48–75k$28,965
$75–110k$30,548
$110k+$31,863

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

Avg net price (private)
$26,611
+$2,023vs peer median $24,588
Pell recipients
0.0%
Federal loans
77.4%

Academic programs

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs11
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

6 total
01Health Professions
6100.0%

Enrollment & demographics

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

Fall total
1,332
12-mo unduplicated
2,490
Undergraduate
2,490
Graduate
2,490

Gender split

Men
45%1,122
Women
55%1,368

Race / ethnicity composition

Unknown
45.6%
Hispanic
33.7%
Black
14.7%
White
2.4%
Asian
1.4%
Two or more
0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.5%

Faculty

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
23.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
28

UEI College-Gardena vs IPEDS peer group

The peer institutions UEI College-Gardena 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
SubjectUEI College-Gardena
60%1,332$26,611
All-State Career School
886$19,820
Arizona College-Glendale
403$26,925
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta
824$24,592
Blue Cliff College-Metairie
291$22,581
Central Oklahoma College
477
College of Health Care Professions
631$28,520
Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp
169$19,291
Dorsey College
643$22,079
Dorsey College-Roseville
437$23,871
Florida Education Institute
318$36,440
FVI School of Nursing and Technology
73.6%661$26,818
Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute
689$22,180
MyComputerCareer at Indianapolis
1,144$26,584
MyComputerCareer at Raleigh
1,466$26,317
NASCAR Technical Institute
1,345$24,587
New Professions Technical Institute
514$39,944
North-West College-Riverside
100.0%717$29,106
Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville
631$16,706
Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi
578$24,545
Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen
543$23,167
Southern Careers Institute-Pharr
596$21,588
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio
584$26,782
Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc
1,957$27,139Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc
954$24,588
Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.
2,632$20,819
Universal Technical Institute-West Texas
1,335$23,864
Valley College-Cleveland
887$30,096
Peer group median60%86.8%652$24,588

Documents & reports (1)

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

Grants & funding opportunities (1)

Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

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