Unitek College
of Nursing
For-profit College in Fremont, CA. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $79,550.
A decade after enrolling, the median Unitek College of Nursing student earns $79,550 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. 63% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,700 — 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 0.13 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 63%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention of 89% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. At 26:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,038 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $25,458 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,624 at $0–30k, $27,775 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 47% of students receive any. 59% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 774 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 | $22,624 |
| $30–48k | $25,651 |
| $48–75k | $24,401 |
| $75–110k | $25,773 |
| $110k+ | $27,775 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,122 of these 7,038 students, totalling $34,659,160 — an average of $8,408 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Alameda County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)