PCI College
For-profit College in Cerritos, CA. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $36,141.
Ten-year median earnings of $36,141 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is a strength: 68% of students finish within six years. Graduates carry a median of $17,542 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
68% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 226 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $27,439 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($26,965 versus $29,718), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 70% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,430 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 79% 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 · 16 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 | $26,965 |
| $30–48k | $26,457 |
| $48–75k | $29,007 |
| $75–110k | $29,718 |
| $110k+ | $29,718 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 178 of these 226 students, totalling $845,400 — an average of $4,749 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