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5,994
institutions
401
programs
648
occupations
59
states & territories
California · Private

466 institutions

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Private (nonprofit)

Laguna College of Art and Design

Laguna Beach, California

Grad rate
52%
Admit rate
94.3%
Enrollment
775
Net price
$42,505
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

Institute for Business and Technology

San Jose, California

Grad rate
84%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
765
Net price
$27,207
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Casa Loma College - Los Angeles

Sherman Oaks, California

Grad rate
73%
Admit rate
42.5%
Enrollment
759
Net price
$27,596
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Private (for-profit)

Chamberlain University - California

Rancho Cordova, California

Grad rate
0%
Admit rate
80.0%
Enrollment
751
Net price
$36,559
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Private (for-profit)

North - West College - Riverside

Riverside, California

Grad rate
72%
Admit rate
100.0%
Enrollment
717
Net price
$33,139
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses

Stockton, California

Grad rate
62%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
699
Net price
$5,524
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Private (nonprofit)

Minerva University

San Francisco, California

Grad rate
89%
Admit rate
3.0%
Enrollment
669
Net price
No federal aid
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Private (for-profit)

Advanced Career Institute

Visalia, California

Grad rate
81%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
664
Net price
Not reported
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Private (nonprofit)

Marshall B Ketchum University

Fullerton, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
653
Net price
Grad-only
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

North - West College - West Covina

West Covina, California

Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
100.0%
Enrollment
653
Net price
$30,332
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Private (for-profit)

North - West College - Long Beach

Long Beach, California

Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
100.0%
Enrollment
652
Net price
$33,503
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Private (nonprofit)

California Western School of Law

San Diego, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
650
Net price
Grad-only
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Community CollegePrivate (for-profit)

San Joaquin Valley College - Temecula

Temecula, California

Grad rate
82%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
650
Net price
$25,869
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Community CollegePrivate (for-profit)

Asher College

Sacramento, California

Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
649
Net price
$35,499
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

Carrington College - San Jose

San Jose, California

Grad rate
60%
Admit rate
93.4%
Enrollment
645
Net price
$36,466
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Northeastern University Oakland

Oakland, California

Grad rate
64%
Admit rate
16.7%
Enrollment
640
Net price
$25,181
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

North - West College - San Diego

San Diego, California

Grad rate
Too new
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
636
Net price
$46,503
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Private (for-profit)

Milan Institute - Visalia

Visalia, California

Grad rate
51%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
635
Net price
$24,040
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Special Focus Two-Year: Other FieldsPrivate (for-profit)

Central Coast College

Salinas, California

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
95.7%
Enrollment
631
Net price
$26,667
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Private (for-profit)

California Career Institute

Anaheim, California

Grad rate
100%
Admit rate
73.9%
Enrollment
628
Net price
No freshman cohort
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
622
Net price
Grad-only
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Life Pacific University

San Dimas, California

Grad rate
40%
Admit rate
95.8%
Enrollment
621
Net price
$20,898
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

Career Care Institute

Lancaster, California

Grad rate
71%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
620
Net price
$50,201
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Private (nonprofit)

Life Chiropractic College West

Hayward, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
618
Net price
Grad-only
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Private (for-profit)

California Health Sciences University

Clovis, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
607
Net price
Grad-only
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Private (for-profit)

Angeles College

Los Angeles, California

Grad rate
93%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
603
Net price
$28,639
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Community CollegePrivate (for-profit)

San Joaquin Valley College - Modesto

Salida, California

Grad rate
77%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
598
Net price
$26,706
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Private (nonprofit)

California University of Science and Medicine

Colton, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
590
Net price
Grad-only
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Private (for-profit)

Milan Institute - Bakersfield

Bakersfield, California

Grad rate
59%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
582
Net price
$24,487
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

Pima Medical Institute - San Marcos

San Marcos, California

Grad rate
71%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
573
Net price
$27,365
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