Spartan College
of Aeronautics and Technology
For-profit College in Riverside, CA. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $61,575.
Students who entered Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology reach a median of $61,575 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 69% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 69% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention is 67% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. With 32% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a for-profit two-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 355 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $30,036 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $32,326 at $0–30k against $32,353 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 53% get grants averaging $8,848, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 53% 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 · 188 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 | $32,326 |
| $30–48k | $35,099 |
| $48–75k | $39,393 |
| $75–110k | $39,393 |
| $110k+ | $32,353 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 189 of these 355 students, totalling $2,172,580 — an average of $11,495 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Riverside County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026