CET-El Centro
Private College in El Centro, CA. Median 10-year earnings $32,986.
Students who entered CET-El Centro reach a median of $32,986 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Median debt at graduation is $7,041, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
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. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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 256, 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 256 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,327 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $12,063 at $0–30k against $12,511 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 38% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. 7% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 92 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 | $12,063 |
| $30–48k | $9,360 |
| $48–75k | $10,428 |
| $75–110k | $12,511 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 17 of these 256 students, totalling $126,015 — an average of $7,413 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Imperial County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026