- The Inkwell
- California
- California Aeronautical University
Bakersfield, CASuburb: largeZIP 93308
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: engineering & technology
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1976
- Website
- www.calaero.edu
CaliforniaPrivate for-profit
California Aeronautical University
California Aeronautical University is a private for-profit university in Bakersfield, California, with 347 undergraduates. It graduates 41% within six years and costs $46,310 a year after aid.
41%graduate
Retention69%
4-year graduation14%
Pell Grant share51%
Federal loans65%
$46,310net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
41%graduate in 6 years
$46,345median earnings, 10 yrs
$28,667median debt
#1,418 of 1,704 for earnings#1,700 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,334 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $53,695tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $39,972
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $39,972
- Average net price
- $46,310national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$39,939
$30,001–48,000$48,776
$48,001–75,000$42,822
$75,001–110,000$48,762
$110,001+$52,279
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college69%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college41%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college51%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 41%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 14%
- First-year retention
- 69%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 38%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $44,599
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $46,345middle 50%: $26,818–$61,808
- Median debt at graduation
- $28,667
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$61,808
Median, California Aeronautical University$46,345
Lower quarter$26,818
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 347
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 13% / 87%
- Average age at entry
- 26.7
- First-generation students
- 50%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 51%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 25%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,232 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $21,411
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White37%
Hispanic40%
Black6.0%
Asian10%
Two or more races5.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.9%
Unknown0.6%
2 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Transportation & materials moving73%
Mechanic & repair technologies27%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 433420.