American College
of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana
For-profit College in Santa Ana, CA. Median 10-year earnings $31,109.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,109, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 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 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. This is a small school — 121 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 121 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,063 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $19,118 at $0–30k, $26,022 at $110k+. About 83% get grants averaging $6,547, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 93% 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 · 67 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 | $19,118 |
| $30–48k | $19,308 |
| $48–75k | $21,164 |
| $75–110k | $26,022 |
| $110k+ | $26,022 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 112 of these 121 students, totalling $913,976 — an average of $8,161 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026