North-West College-Van Nuys
For-profit College in Van Nuys, CA. Median 10-year earnings $32,488.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,488 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 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
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. First-year retention is 68% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 37:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. As a for-profit short-program school, 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. This is a small school — 431 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 431 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $32,755 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Net price varies modestly by income — $31,347 at $0–30k against $34,706 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 55% get grants averaging $4,999, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 65% 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 · 202 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 | $31,347 |
| $30–48k | $32,141 |
| $48–75k | $32,228 |
| $75–110k | $36,139 |
| $110k+ | $34,706 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 281 of these 431 students, totalling $1,757,927 — an average of $6,256 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