by our College Data Analytics TeamHere is what you can expect to pay at American Career College-Los Angeles, from sticker cost of attendance and projected degree cost to net price, debt at graduation, and aid breakdowns.
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Net price reflects the true cost to attend after grant and scholarship aid is deducted. For most families it is a more realistic figure than the published cost.
| Average net price (on-campus) | $32,408.00 |
| Average net price (off-campus) | $29,642.00 |
What families actually pay shifts with income, since need-based grants are larger for lower-income students. Below, average net price is broken out by family income:
| Family income | Average net price |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $26,493.00 |
| $30,000 to $48,000 | $26,885.00 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $31,335.00 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $30,911.00 |
Use American Career College-Los Angeles Net Price Calculator, or contact the financial aid office.
Want to know how that aid is awarded? See the grants & scholarships detail.
The median amount borrowed by graduates of American Career College-Los Angeles works out to $9,500.00, placing the school in the Very Low (<$10k) debt-burden bucket.
The percentile breakdown reveals the full debt landscape:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $3,583.00 |
| 25th | $5,500.00 |
| Median (50th) | $9,500.00 |
| 75th | $10,267.00 |
| 90th | $20,019.00 |
The distance from the 10th to the 90th percentile shows how widely debt outcomes vary.
Dig deeper into debt on the student-loan-debt breakdown.
Debt outcomes vary substantially with family income. The breakdown below segments borrowers by family income at entry:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $9,500.00 |
| Middle income | $9,500.00 |
| High income | $10,122.00 |
Whether your parents attended college is associated with differences in median debt at graduation.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $9,500.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $13,910.00 |
The Pell Grant is the largest federal grant for undergraduates from low-income families. Contrasting Pell and non-Pell borrowers shows how need shapes debt.
The Pell vs non-Pell debt gap at American Career College-Los Angeles is $-839.00.
The federal default-rate classification for American Career College-Los Angeles is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 3.9% |
To put the rates in context, Stafford loans at American Career College-Los Angeles total $411,168,530.00 spread across 37,216 recipients.
Veterans and active-duty students can access dedicated federal education aid including the GI Bill and Tuition Assistance from the Department of Defense.
| GI Bill recipients | 50 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $19,148.00 |
For the full rundown of veteran and military benefits, see the college veterans page.
The figures above are a starting point — as you weigh American Career College-Los Angeles, consider the following:
Use the pages below to go deeper on a specific part of the cost story:
Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.