CET-San Diego
Private College in San Diego, CA. Median 10-year earnings $32,986.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,986 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 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. 97% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a private nonprofit short-program school, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate body is just 349, 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 349 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $18,237 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $20,198 at $0–30k against $26,071 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 34% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 39% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 71 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 | $20,198 |
| $30–48k | $19,001 |
| $48–75k | $22,770 |
| $75–110k | $25,656 |
| $110k+ | $26,071 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 137 of these 349 students, totalling $1,125,225 — an average of $8,213 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Diego County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026