Gemological Institute
of America-Carlsbad
Private College in Carlsbad, CA. Median 10-year earnings $42,588.
- ✓ 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. The 6:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a private nonprofit short-program school, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 250 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 250 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $30,800 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $29,997 at $0–30k, $32,342 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 32% of students receive any. Federal borrowing reaches 37% 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 · 70 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 | $29,997 |
| $30–48k | $33,367 |
| $48–75k | $27,172 |
| $75–110k | $26,787 |
| $110k+ | $32,342 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 93 of these 250 students, totalling $243,183 — an average of $2,615 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
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)