UEI College-Bakersfield
For-profit College in Bakersfield, CA. Median 10-year earnings $27,688.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $27,688, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 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 0.34 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. First-year retention is 79% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 26:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. Being a for-profit short-program school 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. With 2,432 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,432 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $27,208 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $26,842 at $0–30k, $32,499 at $110k+. 93% of students get grant aid averaging $4,501, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 79% take federal loans.
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 · 898 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 | $26,842 |
| $30–48k | $26,916 |
| $48–75k | $28,383 |
| $75–110k | $29,811 |
| $110k+ | $32,499 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,914 of these 2,432 students, totalling $13,308,666 — an average of $6,953 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kern County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026