Private for-profit · Community college

American College of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana

Santa Ana, California · Large city

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Transfer rate: $20,090
Avg net price: 72%
Grad / completion: $31,109
Median earnings

American College of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Santa Ana, California (large city setting), enrolling 51 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 51 undergradsLarge cityNear the coast

About Santa Ana, California

Santa Ana is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, California, United States. Members of the Tongva and Juaneño/Luiseño are indigenous to the area. The Tongva called the Santa Ana area "Hotuuk". The village of Pajbenga was located at modern day Santa Ana along the Santa Ana River. The Bowers Museum is art and history museum started in the 1930s with a large collection of fine art and artifacts from around the world and several traveling exhibits each year. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 31 miles to Los Angeles, CA
To the ocean: 12 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to John Wayne Orange County (SNA) · major hub

How American College of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana compares

Graduation rate72%

Higher than 65% · #147 of 382 in California

Earnings, 10 years after entry$31,109

Higher than 35% · #247 of 326 in California

Average net price$20,090

Cheaper than 32% · #201 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment51

Larger than 14%

Percentiles compare American College of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in California.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women4384%
Men816%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White3.9%
Hispanic90%
Asian3.9%
Other or multiracial2.0%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 51
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 83%
First-generation students: 68%
Students over 25: 19%
Median family income: $11,476

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $20,090

Outcomes

Graduated: 72%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $29,409
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $31,109
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 93%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 18%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $100

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$19,118

$30–48k

$19,308

$48–75k

$21,164

$75–110k

$26,022

$110k+

$26,022

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

American College of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $31,109
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 31%
Out-earn a HS grad: 49%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$29,115

Men

$40,997

Men out-earn women by $11,882 (41%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 85°F
Winter low: 48°F
Annual rain: 12.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Santa Ana Fire Stn, CA US station (1.8 mi from campus).

What American College of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana graduates study — and earn

Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences

21 grads$25k 1 yr— 5 yr$10k debt

21$25,177—$9,500 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

9 grads$21k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$10k debt

9$21,250$28,562$9,500 Health and Medical Administrative Services

8 grads$28k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$10k debt

8$27,783$26,761$9,500

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.