Private (for-profit)

Unitek College

Fremont, California·Private for-profit, 4-year or above·Far West·unitekcollege.edu
6-yr Graduation
73%
+3.0pp vs peer
Total enrollment
5,725
peer median 1,465
Avg net price
$25,719
-$3.4k vs peer
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About

Unitek College is an American private for-profit institution based in Fremont, California. Founded in 2002, Unitek College maintains campuses in California and Nevada. The school offers diploma, associate, and bachelor programs in Nursing, Medical assisting, and allied health fields. It is operated by Unitek Learning.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
73%+3.0pp vs peer
4-year graduation
63%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
63%
Full-time retention
89%

Pell equity

7.0pp gap
Pell recipients
72%
Non-Pell
79%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 7.0-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 10 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 8 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
10
Passing
2
20.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

10programs
  • Passing2 · 20.0%
  • No Data8 · 80.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
2
No data
8

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.

2
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+201.0%
$108,612 vs $36,082
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+317.9%
$150,789 vs $36,082

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

7
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
26%
$9,156 debt · $34,800 earn
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
23%
$9,375 debt · $40,492 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
20%
$16,471 debt · $82,448 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
20%
$9,019 debt · $45,099 earn
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
Undergraduate Certificate · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
16%
$9,446 debt · $59,311 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
11%
$16,629 debt · $150,789 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
10%
$10,500 debt · $108,612 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges

Accredited since 2009Next review Nov 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 3

  1. Sep 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
  2. Oct 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  3. Sep 2017Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$25,388
$30–48k$25,980
$48–75k$28,357
$75–110k$28,357
$110k+

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

Avg net price (private)
$25,719
-$3,373vs peer median $29,092
Federal loans
57.8%

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 3,412 students received $18.2M in Pell grants, alongside $36.0M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
3,412
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$18.2M
$18,210,300 total
Direct Loans
$36.0M
8,136 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

3k
20
3k
21
3k
22
3k
23
3k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$13.5M
3,825 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$17.8M
3,988 loan awards
Parent PLUS$4.7M
323 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 1,361 borrowers who entered repayment, 15 (1.1%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,361
Defaulted
15
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
10.4%
2017
10.0%
2018
6.7%
2019
1.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Unitek College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs7
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

772 total completions
01Health Professions
772100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
5,725
12-mo unduplicated
7,204
Undergraduate
7,204
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
16%1,139
Women
84%6,065

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
27.8%
Unknown
27.4%
Asian
26.6%
White
9.5%
Black
5.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
1.8%
Two or more
0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.6%
Non-resident
0.0%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.62
3 offenses · 4,857 students

3-year trend

0.552 yrs ago1.191 yr ago0.62Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
10
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
2
Fondling
1

By location

3total
  • On campus2
  • Public property1

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs10
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
26.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
156

Unitek College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Unitek 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
SubjectUnitek College
73%5,725$25,719
American College of Healthcare Sciences
53.5%1,052$24,016
Brookline College-Phoenix
38%739
Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology
381$17,057Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Career Networks Institute
1,133$28,292
Carrington College-Sacramento
88.7%2,207$37,143Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Concorde Career College-Aurora
90.5%256$16,547Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Eastwick College-Ramsey
83%37.3%1,203$28,162
Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati
645$29,150Special 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$29,598Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Glendale Career College
100.0%896$46,212Special 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$29,115Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson
2,676
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia
2,318$29,092
Smith Chason College
92%2,447$34,402
Southeastern College-West Palm Beach
87.0%564$33,952Special 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$28,309Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest
4,530$25,937
Peer group median70%87.0%1,465$29,092

Reports & documents (1)

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

Frequently asked questions about Unitek College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Unitek College.

What is the graduation rate at Unitek College?

Unitek College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 73% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Unitek College?

Unitek College reports a total enrollment of 5,725 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Unitek College?

The average net price at Unitek College is $25,719 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Unitek College located?

Unitek College is located in Fremont, California 94538.

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