Carrington College-San Jose
For-profit College in San Jose, CA. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $39,633.
Students who entered Carrington College-San Jose reach a median of $39,633 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 60%, 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
60% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit two-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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,055 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $36,303 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $35,909 at $0–30k, $41,194 at $110k+. 51% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,784 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 62% 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 · 362 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 | $35,909 |
| $30–48k | $35,634 |
| $48–75k | $36,570 |
| $75–110k | $41,013 |
| $110k+ | $41,194 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 656 of these 1,055 students, totalling $4,793,699 — an average of $7,307 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Santa Clara County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026