American Career
College-Los Angeles
For-profit College in Los Angeles, CA. Six-year graduation rate 75%. Median 10-year earnings $38,430.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,430 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is a strength: 75% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
75% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention is 77% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 29:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate population is 3,302 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,302 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $31,586 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $31,094 at $0–30k, $37,270 at $110k+. About 68% get grants averaging $6,115, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 63% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 330 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $31,094 |
| $30–48k | $32,888 |
| $48–75k | $33,051 |
| $75–110k | $34,343 |
| $110k+ | $37,270 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,073 of these 3,302 students, totalling $17,387,163 — an average of $8,387 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)