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For-profit two-year colleges in California by graduates' median earnings 4 years after
California for-profit two-year colleges, ranked by median earnings four years after completion, from College Scorecard (September 18, 2026). At least 5 colleges must report this figure for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 4 years after | Completions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento Ultrasound Institute | Sacramento | For-profit, 2-year | $98,062 | 60 |
| 2 | Contra Costa Medical Career College | Antioch | For-profit, 2-year | $76,649 | 654 |
| 3 | Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Fremont | Fremont | For-profit, 2-year | $74,445 | 125 |
| 4 | Xavier College School of Nursing | Stockton | For-profit, 2-year | $72,966 | 71 |
| 5 | Spartan College of Aeronautics | Inglewood | For-profit, 2-year | $69,101 | 178 |
| 6 | California Career Institute | Anaheim | For-profit, 2-year | $60,164 | 170 |
| 7 | Universal Technical Institute | Rancho Cucamonga | For-profit, 2-year | $58,404 | 848 |
| 8 | Concorde Career College-North Hollywood | North Hollywood | For-profit, 2-year | $52,837 | 343 |
| 9 | Modern Technology School | Fountain Valley | For-profit, 2-year | $51,098 | 89 |
| 10 | Concorde Career College-Garden Grove | Garden Grove | For-profit, 2-year | $50,133 | 468 |
| 11 | Institute for Business and Technology | San Jose | For-profit, 2-year | $49,241 | 474 |
| 12 | Premiere Career College | Irwindale | For-profit, 2-year | $48,238 | 75 |
| 13 | Glendale Career College | Bakersfield | For-profit, 2-year | $48,064 | 83 |
| 14 | Carrington College | San Leandro | For-profit, 2-year | $47,661 | 241 |
| 15 | Concorde Career College-San Diego | San Diego | For-profit, 2-year | $47,516 | 621 |
| 16 | California Nurses Educational Institute | Rancho Mirage | For-profit, 2-year | $47,181 | 155 |
| 17 | Institute of Culinary Education | Pasadena | For-profit, 2-year | $47,145 | 310 |
| 18 | Asher College | Sacramento | For-profit, 2-year | $46,572 | 287 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard, institution-wide rather than by one program.
How to read this. This is a whole-college figure across every program, not one program's graduates -- a college with mostly graduate or professional programs will show higher earnings than one that is mostly certificates. Completions shown alongside it are the latest IPEDS total on file.
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