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

659 institutions

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Private (for-profit)

Paul Mitchell the School - Pasadena

Pasadena, California

Grad rate
38%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
170
Net price
$26,022
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Providence Christian College

Pasadena, California

Grad rate
20%
Admit rate
100.0%
Enrollment
168
Net price
$25,163
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Private (for-profit)

San Francisco Institute of Esthetics & Cosmetology Inc

San Francisco, California

Grad rate
87%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
167
Net price
$18,333
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Private (nonprofit)

Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Los Angeles, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
166
Net price
Grad-only
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Private (for-profit)

Salon Success Academy - Riverside

Riverside, California

Grad rate
81%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
164
Net price
$15,423
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Private (nonprofit)

Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary

Los Angeles, California

Grad rate
12%
Admit rate
58.2%
Enrollment
163
Net price
$14,959
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Private (nonprofit)

CET - Colton

Colton, California

Grad rate
72%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
162
Net price
$14,634
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Southern California Seminary

El Cajon, California

Grad rate
50%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
161
Net price
Not reported
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Private (for-profit)

The Fab School

Rancho Cucamonga, California

Grad rate
95%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
161
Net price
$37,713
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

Concorde Career College - North Hollywood

North Hollywood, California

Grad rate
78%
Admit rate
100.0%
Enrollment
158
Net price
$23,984
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Private (nonprofit)HSI

Homestead Schools

Torrance, California

Grad rate
93%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
158
Net price
$15,962
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Private (for-profit)

Bellus Academy - El Cajon

El Cajon, California

Grad rate
72%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
157
Net price
$30,049
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Private (for-profit)

Southern California Health Institute

North Hollywood, California

Grad rate
87%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
156
Net price
$29,326
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Private (nonprofit)

CET - Soledad

Soledad, California

Grad rate
81%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
155
Net price
$11,260
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Community CollegePublic

California Indian Nations College

Palm Desert, California

Grad rate
Too new
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
154
Net price
No federal aid
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Private (nonprofit)

San Joaquin College of Law

Clovis, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
154
Net price
Grad-only
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Private (for-profit)

Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine

Santa Monica, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
100.0%
Enrollment
150
Net price
Grad-only
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Private (nonprofit)

Graduate Theological Union

Berkeley, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
150
Net price
Grad-only
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Private (for-profit)

Lancaster Beauty School

Lancaster, California

Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
150
Net price
$20,807
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Private (for-profit)

Marian Health Careers Center - Los Angeles Campus

Los Angeles, California

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
150
Net price
$31,374
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Private (for-profit)

My Le's Beauty College

Sacramento, California

Grad rate
97%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
150
Net price
Not reported
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Private (for-profit)

ATI College - Whittier

Whitter, California

Grad rate
72%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
149
Net price
$20,467
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Private (for-profit)

PCI College

Cerritos, California

Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
149
Net price
$27,439
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Private (for-profit)

Capstone College

Pasadena, California

Grad rate
64%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
148
Net price
$16,012
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

Concorde Career College - San Diego

San Diego, California

Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
100.0%
Enrollment
147
Net price
$25,394
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Private (nonprofit)

Daybreak University

Anaheim, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
145
Net price
Grad-only
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Private (for-profit)

ZMS The Academy

Los Angeles, California

Grad rate
40%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
144
Net price
$7,812
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Private (nonprofit)

CET - Santa Maria

Santa Maria, California

Grad rate
77%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
142
Net price
$5,446
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Private (nonprofit)

CET - Watsonville

Watsonville, California

Grad rate
83%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
142
Net price
$5,198
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Private (for-profit)

Alhambra Medical University

Alhambra, California

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
140
Net price
Grad-only
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