American Medical
Sciences Center
For-profit College in Glendale, CA. Six-year graduation rate 75%. Median 10-year earnings $29,972.
Ten-year median earnings of $29,972 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 75% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 75% — well above the national average
- ✓ 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 of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 393 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $20,839 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($20,202 versus $25,996), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 69% get grants averaging $5,890, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 80% 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 · 77 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 | $20,202 |
| $30–48k | $20,331 |
| $48–75k | $22,487 |
| $75–110k | $25,745 |
| $110k+ | $25,996 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 316 of these 393 students, totalling $1,594,765 — an average of $5,047 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