Central California
School of Continuing Education
For-profit College in San Luis Obispo, CA. Six-year graduation rate 86%. Median 10-year earnings $41,223.
Students who entered Central California School of Continuing Education reach a median of $41,223 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 87% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $5,150 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.12 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 86% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 87% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention of 76% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit two-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. This is a small school — 72 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 72 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,840 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $11,747 at $0–30k against $12,073 at $30–48k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 56% of students at an average of $10,308. Most students borrow — 56% 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 · 37 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 | $11,747 |
| $30–48k | $12,073 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 40 of these 72 students, totalling $412,324 — an average of $10,308 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Luis Obispo County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)