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Associated Technical
College-Los Angeles

For-profit College in Los Angeles, CA. Median 10-year earnings $24,368.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Associated Technical College-Los Angeles · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$24,368
Median debt at grad
$9,500
Federal loan default
0%

Ten-year median earnings of $24,368 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,500.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
55%
Transfer-out rate
—
Student:faculty
13:1

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. Retention is weak: only 55% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit short-program school, 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. At 436 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$23,629
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
100%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
25%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 436 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $23,629 annually once grants are applied. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $3,304, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 25% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.

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.

% receiving grants
100%
Average grant
$3,302

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 274 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 $23,629
$30–48k —
$48–75k —
$75–110k —
$110k+ —

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 110 of these 436 students, totalling $555,250 — an average of $5,048 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.

Studio
$1,863/mo
1 bedroom
$2,085/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$2,601/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

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How we evaluate Associated Technical College-Los Angeles

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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