UEI College-Chula Vista
For-profit College in Chula Vista, CA. Median 10-year earnings $31,141.
Ten-year median earnings of $31,141 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — 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. Retention is strong at 87%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate population is 2,299 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,299 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $28,484 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Income makes less difference than usual: $28,276 at $0–30k, $34,257 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 90% of students receive it, averaging $4,355. Borrowing is widespread: 67% 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 · 739 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 | $28,276 |
| $30–48k | $28,535 |
| $48–75k | $30,002 |
| $75–110k | $32,026 |
| $110k+ | $34,257 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,547 of these 2,299 students, totalling $11,034,455 — an average of $7,133 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Diego County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026