UEI College-Gardena
For-profit College in Gardena, CA. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $30,848.
Students who entered UEI College-Gardena reach a median of $30,848 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 60%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. 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 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 60% finish inside six years. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 23:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. 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 2,490 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $28,684 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($28,636 versus $34,105), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 90% receive grants worth $4,663 on average. 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 · 793 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 | $28,636 |
| $30–48k | $28,536 |
| $48–75k | $29,202 |
| $75–110k | $30,548 |
| $110k+ | $34,105 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,956 of these 2,490 students, totalling $13,614,617 — an average of $6,960 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
A Settlement Agreement Has Been Reached with the United States Government
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)