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For-profit short-program colleges in California by graduates' median earnings 4 years after
California for-profit short-program 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 | Marian Health Careers Center | Los Angeles | For-profit, under 2-year | $74,276 | 47 |
| 2 | Medical Allied Career Center | Santa Fe Springs | For-profit, under 2-year | $70,600 | 35 |
| 3 | Capstone College | Pasadena | For-profit, under 2-year | $69,391 | 119 |
| 4 | Brownson Technical School | Anaheim | For-profit, under 2-year | $66,418 | 197 |
| 5 | Career Development Institute Inc | Los Angeles | For-profit, under 2-year | $66,367 | 110 |
| 6 | Unitek College | South San Francisco | For-profit, under 2-year | $64,415 | 184 |
| 7 | Angeles Institute | ARTESIA | For-profit, under 2-year | $59,775 | 115 |
| 8 | Independent Training & Apprenticeship Program | Sacramento | For-profit, under 2-year | $59,318 | 127 |
| 9 | DeHart Technical School | Modesto | For-profit, under 2-year | $59,206 | 54 |
| 10 | Bay Area Medical Academy | San Francisco | For-profit, under 2-year | $53,818 | 76 |
| 11 | The Fab School | Rancho Cucamonga | For-profit, under 2-year | $52,219 | 216 |
| 12 | Summit College | San Bernardino | For-profit, under 2-year | $49,353 | 846 |
| 13 | National Career Education | Citrus Heights | For-profit, under 2-year | $49,241 | 326 |
| 14 | Advanced Career Institute | Visalia | For-profit, under 2-year | $48,952 | 1,221 |
| 15 | InterCoast Colleges | Riverside | For-profit, under 2-year | $48,764 | 51 |
| 16 | San Joaquin Valley College | Delano | For-profit, under 2-year | $42,211 | 62 |
| 17 | North-West College | Pomona | For-profit, under 2-year | $40,350 | 145 |
| 18 | North-West College-Van Nuys | Van Nuys | For-profit, under 2-year | $40,029 | 82 |
| 19 | San Francisco Institute of Esthetics & Cosmetology Inc | San Francisco | For-profit, under 2-year | $38,644 | 184 |
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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