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For-profit College

Concorde Career
College-San Diego

For-profit College in San Diego, CA. Six-year graduation rate 76%. Median 10-year earnings $39,169.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Concorde Career College-San Diego · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$39,169
Median debt at grad
$9,500
Graduation rate
76.2%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered Concorde Career College-San Diego reach a median of $39,169 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 76% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, 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.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • Graduation rate 76% — well above the national average
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Admissions

Acceptance rate
100%
Applicants
207
Yield rate
68.1%

Admission is not the constraint here: 100% of applicants are accepted. Only 207 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 68% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.

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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Academics

Full-time retention
95%
Transfer-out rate
0%
Student:faculty
15:1

Six-year completion runs to 76% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention is strong at 95%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$25,464
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
79%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
75%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 752 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Net price lands at $25,464 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $24,666 at $0–30k, $29,869 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 79% of students at an average of $4,931. Most students borrow — 75% 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.

% receiving grants
81%
Average grant
$5,023

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 606 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 $24,666
$30–48k $24,567
$48–75k $26,031
$75–110k $28,668
$110k+ $29,869

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 565 of these 752 students, totalling $4,096,232 — an average of $7,250 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.

Studio
$2,288/mo
1 bedroom
$2,459/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$3,001/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
226
Yellow Ribbon
Yes
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Concorde Career College-San Diego

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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