unitid 444361 · El Cajon, CA · private for-profit 2-year · suburb (large)
ATA College
- enrollment 2023
- 118
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
80
15th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
Pell share
86%
undergrads on Pell grants
95th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
completion
89%
finish within 150% time
95th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
sticker cost / yr
not reported
avg net price / yr
$19,157
after aid, aided students
27th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$35,017
after entry, Title IV students
47th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
median grad debt
$5,500
2nd pctl among private for-profit 2-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 $18,739 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $10,977
- First-generation students
- 67%
- In-state tuition & fees
- not reported
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 6.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 19 | $35,962 | $6,220 |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR). | 10 | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 6 | — | $6,400 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 5 | — | — |
| Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 3 | — | — |
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other. | 2 | — | — |
| Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 1 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 1 | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 0 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | — | $37,847 | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | — | — | — |
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other. | — | — | — |
— 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
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
nearest neighbors in sector
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built 2026-07-17
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.