Private for-profit · Community college

Carrington College-Sacramento

Sacramento, California · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$41,338
Avg net price
51%
Grad / completion
$39,633
Median earnings

Carrington College-Sacramento is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Sacramento, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 2,168 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitMidsize · 2,168 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
Bachelor's
To the ocean
33 miles
Nearest airport
15 miles to Sacramento (SMF) · major hub

How Carrington College-Sacramento compares

Graduation rate51%

Higher than 38% · #251 of 382 in California

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,633

Higher than 67% · #144 of 326 in California

Average net price$41,338

Cheaper than 2% · #364 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$11,537

Lower than 32%

Student–faculty ratio28 : 1

Lower than 7%

Undergraduate enrollment2,168

Larger than 83%

Percentiles compare Carrington College-Sacramento 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

2,168undergrads
  • Women1,89387%
  • Men27513%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White18%
  • Black12%
  • Hispanic45%
  • Asian8.3%
  • Other or multiracial17%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
2,168
Student–faculty ratio
28 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
57%
First-generation students
55%
Students over 25
63%
Median family income
$18,013
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$61,533

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
$41,338

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
51%
First-year retention
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$37,870
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$39,633
Median debt at graduation
$11,537
Students with federal loans
63%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
33%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
51%
Low-income (Pell)
68%
First-generation
69%

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
Free

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
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (2,207 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.

0.7reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Robbery
0.7

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
$40,825
$30–48k
$41,514
$48–75k
$42,257
$75–110k
$44,454
$110k+
$45,593

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?

Carrington College-Sacramento 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)
$39,633
Typical debt at graduation
$11,537
Debt vs. one year's pay
29%
Out-earn a HS grad
46%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 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
$38,467
Men
$46,360

Men out-earn women by $7,893 (21%) 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 (2.5 mi from campus).

What Carrington College-Sacramento graduates study — and earn

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.