Healthcare Career College
For-profit College in Paramount, CA. Six-year graduation rate 71%. Median 10-year earnings $32,613.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,613 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate of 71% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
71% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 81% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate body is just 750, 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 750 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,756 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $12,379 at $0–30k against $14,135 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 64% of students at an average of $5,845. Federal borrowing reaches 44% 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 · 230 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 | $12,379 |
| $30–48k | $14,303 |
| $48–75k | $14,135 |
| $75–110k | $14,135 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 331 of these 750 students, totalling $2,234,583 — an average of $6,751 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles 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)