Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Carrington College-San Leandro Campus

San Leandro, CA · 5 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$365,250 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−108%Modeled 10-year ROI
$42,345Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$365,250at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$338,7000
2
4
6
8
−$365,25010
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net price$39,675
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$44,224
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Main award level
Certificates
Campus setting
Suburban
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$39,675Average net price / year
$44,224Cost of attendance
$11,537Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$122/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$42,345Median earnings · year 5 after completion
59.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
326Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$39,441
$30–48k$39,212
$48–75k$40,171
$75–110k$42,353
$110k+$44,224
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$42,345
Year 6$37,870
Year 10$39,633
Full-time retention
60.2%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
57.7%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

43thEarnings percentile
51thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$42,042Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$9,500Median federal debt across categories that report debt
100%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$36,146Year 1
$47,661Year 4
$42,345Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$49,2942Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$44,8733Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,0424Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$41,2675Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$41,061

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $42,042 reported+23%vs same-degree national median$9,126federal debt2Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $41,061 reported+22%vs same-degree national median$9,151federal debt3Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $41,267 reported+16%vs same-degree national median$9,500federal debt4Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · $44,873 reported+8%vs same-degree national median$20,000federal debt5Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree · $49,294 reported+6%vs same-degree national median$16,374federal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$49,294$16,374Not reported
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$44,873$20,000Not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,042$9,126152
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$41,267$9,5001
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$41,061$9,15160

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.