National Polytechnic College
For-profit College in Lakewood, CA. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $30,781.
Students who entered National Polytechnic College reach a median of $30,781 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 47%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $16,098, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
47% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 530 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,733 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $27,809 at $0–30k against $34,762 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 52% of students at an average of $6,225. Most students borrow — 63% 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 · 46 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 | $27,809 |
| $30–48k | $32,812 |
| $48–75k | $27,366 |
| $75–110k | $34,762 |
| $110k+ | $34,762 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 336 of these 530 students, totalling $2,419,232 — an average of $7,200 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)