CES College
Private College in Burbank, CA. Median 10-year earnings $22,916.
Ten-year median earnings of $22,916 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $16,821, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.73 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
CES College accepts 68% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is small at 75, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 59% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. Retention is strong at 83%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body is just 169, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 169 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $32,662 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($30,051 versus $34,655), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 70% of students at an average of $5,712. Borrowing is widespread: 77% 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 · 21 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 | $30,051 |
| $30–48k | $30,747 |
| $48–75k | $31,967 |
| $75–110k | $32,357 |
| $110k+ | $34,655 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 130 of these 169 students, totalling $1,086,535 — an average of $8,358 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.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026