NTMA Machinist
Career College
Private College in Santa Fe Springs, CA. Median 10-year earnings $45,713.
Ten years after entry, the median NTMA Machinist Career College student earns $45,713 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $8,785.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — 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. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit short-program school, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate body is just 202, 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 202 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,753 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $25,761 while those at $75–110k pay $33,823. Most students get help: 91% receive grants worth $8,887 on average. 30% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 65 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 | $25,761 |
| $30–48k | $24,778 |
| $48–75k | $28,125 |
| $75–110k | $33,823 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 61 of these 202 students, totalling $479,133 — an average of $7,855 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)