Chamberlain University-California
For-profit College in Rancho Cordova, CA. Median 10-year earnings $92,405.
A decade after enrolling, the median Chamberlain University-California student earns $92,405 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is the weak point: 0% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $20,919, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Chamberlain University-California accepts 80% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is small at 5, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 100% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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
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A six-year graduation rate of 0% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The 100% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. The 7:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 676 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,525 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($35,887 versus $37,232), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Only 38% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Most students borrow — 78% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 2 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 | $35,887 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $37,232 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 530 of these 676 students, totalling $5,080,796 — an average of $9,586 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sacramento County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)