CET-Soledad
Private College in Soledad, CA. Median 10-year earnings $32,986.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $32,986, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 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. 91% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. 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 331, 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 331 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $10,651 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $9,942 while those at $110k+ pay $18,290. Only 45% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 14% of students.
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 · 154 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 | $9,942 |
| $30–48k | $11,587 |
| $48–75k | $12,559 |
| $75–110k | $14,599 |
| $110k+ | $18,290 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 47 of these 331 students, totalling $332,728 — an average of $7,079 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Monterey County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026