Career Networks Institute
For-profit College in Santa Ana, CA. Six-year graduation rate 89%. Median 10-year earnings $45,256.
Students who entered Career Networks Institute land at a median of $45,256 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 89% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,899, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 89% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 89% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 30:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. This is a for-profit four-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. At 1,386 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,386 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $44,485 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $45,157 at $0–30k against $52,552 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 53% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,716 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 76% take federal loans.
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 · 71 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 | $45,157 |
| $30–48k | $45,157 |
| $48–75k | $49,886 |
| $75–110k | $51,663 |
| $110k+ | $52,552 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,051 of these 1,386 students, totalling $8,890,277 — an average of $8,459 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
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)