unitid 433420 · Bakersfield, CA · private for-profit 4-year · suburb (large)
California Aeronautical University
- enrollment 2023
- 462
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
347
42nd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
46%
undergrads on Pell grants
33rd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
30%
finish within 150% time
21st pctl among private for-profit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$46,233
89th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$36,126
after aid, aided students
79th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$38,361
after entry, Title IV students
41st pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$30,705
83rd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $35,535 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k37%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $22,891
- First-generation students
- 50%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $37,667
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Transportation. | 36 | — | $30,024 |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 14 | — | — |
| Air Transportation. | 3 | — | — |
| Air Transportation. | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 0 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 0 | $61,270 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 0 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | — | — | — |
| Legal Support Services. | — | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | — | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | — | $47,206 | — |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR). | — | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.