California Aeronautical University
Bakersfield, California
- Private for-profit
- Suburb
- 347 undergrads
- Admit rate
- Open admissionSource: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $46,310per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 35%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $46,34510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Eligible aeronautics degree students can qualify for a restricted airline transport pilot certificate with only 1,000 flight hours.
Source: Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics - Aviation Degrees | CAU
Getting in
- Admit rate
- Open admissionAdmits nearly everyone who applies.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $46,310full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $53,695sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $39,972Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 35%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 69%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $46,34510 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $28,667federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 347Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 51%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 50%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
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Also worth a look
- Woodbury University Burbank, CA — admits 82%
- Albizu University-Miami Miami, FL — admits 76%
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- Maine College of Art & Design Portland, ME — admits 76%
- Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach, CA — admits 94%
- Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA — admits 82%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for California Aeronautical University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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