Carrington College-Sacramento
For-profit College in Sacramento, CA. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $39,633.
Students who entered Carrington College-Sacramento reach a median of $39,633 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 51%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,537.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 51%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. At 28:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. Being a for-profit four-year institution 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. 3,699 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,645 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $40,803 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $40,825 at $0–30k, $45,593 at $110k+. About 60% get grants averaging $4,392, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 64% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 1,087 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 | $40,825 |
| $30–48k | $41,514 |
| $48–75k | $42,257 |
| $75–110k | $44,454 |
| $110k+ | $45,593 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,333 of these 3,645 students, totalling $15,295,770 — an average of $6,556 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sacramento 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)