CET-San Jose
Private College in San Jose, CA. Median 10-year earnings $32,986.
Students who entered CET-San Jose 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
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 20:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. As a private nonprofit short-program school, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. At 335 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 335 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $15,187 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,088 at $0–30k, $22,566 at $110k+. About 53% get grants averaging $9,945, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 40% 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 · 149 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 | $16,088 |
| $30–48k | $12,571 |
| $48–75k | $13,668 |
| $75–110k | $18,958 |
| $110k+ | $22,566 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 134 of these 335 students, totalling $1,013,162 — an average of $7,561 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
Veterans & GI Bill
Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications), Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School has an accreditation issue; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)