California Institute of Arts & Technology
National City, California
- Trade or career school
- Private for-profit
- Suburb
- 2,112 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Computer ProgrammingBachelor's degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,496
- Computer Systems AnalysisCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,085
- Computer Systems AnalysisAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,333
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 43 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 60 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 319 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 195 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's degree · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $69,677
Engineering technology
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 112 finishedGraduates here earned $47,628 a year after finishingNationally: $35,933
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 54 finishedGraduates here earned $46,798 a year after finishingNationally: $45,794
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $67,260
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 67 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
Other programs (1)
- Data AnalyticsAssociate degree · 10 finished
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $41,778per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $47,052sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $22,270Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 4%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 62%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $63,5146 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- Not reported10 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $13,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 61%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 0%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for California Institute of Arts & Technology, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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