Private for-profit · Community college

Asher College

Sacramento, California · Large suburb

11%
Transfer rate
$35,499
Avg net price
56%
Grad / completion
$45,468
Median earnings

Asher College is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Sacramento, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 649 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 649 undergradsLarge suburb

About Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California. Nisenan (Southern Maidu), Modoc, and Plains Miwok American Indians have lived in the area for perhaps thousands of years. Until Spanish settlers arrived in Sacramento, these tribes left little evidence of their existence. Sacramento is home to 32 museums, including several major museums. The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest public art museum west of the Mississippi River. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
34 miles
Nearest airport
12 miles to Sacramento (SMF) · major hub

How Asher College compares

Graduation rate56%

Higher than 43% · #243 of 382 in California

First-year retention47%

Higher than 8%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$45,468

Higher than 84% · #67 of 326 in California

Average net price$35,499

Cheaper than 4% · #352 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$14,166

Lower than 17%

Student–faculty ratio26 : 1

Lower than 9%

Undergraduate enrollment649

Larger than 67%

Percentiles compare Asher College 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

649undergrads
  • Women30247%
  • Men34753%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White20%
  • Black33%
  • Hispanic23%
  • Asian14%
  • Other or multiracial9.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
649
Student–faculty ratio
26 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
56%
First-generation students
46%
Students over 25
38%
Median family income
$15,922
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$37,476

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
$35,499

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
56%
First-year retention
47%
Transferred to another college
11%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$42,900
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$45,468
Median debt at graduation
$14,166
Students with federal loans
60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
48%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
56%
First-generation
62%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$100

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.5 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 3 campuses (649 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$30–48k
$48–75k
$35,499
$75–110k
$110k+

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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$45,468
Typical debt at graduation
$14,166
Debt vs. one year's pay
31%
Out-earn a HS grad
53%

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
$40,057
Men
$53,649

Men out-earn women by $13,592 (34%) 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
94°F
Winter low
41°F
Annual rain
19.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.93.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Sacramento 5 Ese, CA US station (2.2 mi from campus).

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.