Private for-profit · Community college

Carrington College-Stockton

Stockton, California · Large city

1%
Transfer rate
$37,481
Avg net price
54%
Grad / completion
$39,633
Median earnings

Carrington College-Stockton is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Stockton, California (large city setting), enrolling 436 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 436 undergradsLarge cityNear the coast

About Stockton, California

Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, United States. A Yokuts village named Pasasimas was located on a mound between Edison and Harrison Streets on what is now the Stockton Channel in downtown Stockton. Stockton Symphony is the third-oldest professional orchestra in California (founded in 1926), after the San Francisco Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
3 miles to Stockton, CA
To the ocean
7 miles
Nearest airport
9 miles to Stockton Metropolitan (SCK)

How Carrington College-Stockton compares

Graduation rate54%

Higher than 41% · #245 of 382 in California

First-year retention72%

Higher than 49%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,633

Higher than 67% · #144 of 326 in California

Average net price$37,481

Cheaper than 3% · #359 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$11,537

Lower than 32%

Student–faculty ratio26 : 1

Lower than 9%

Undergraduate enrollment436

Larger than 60%

Percentiles compare Carrington College-Stockton 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

436undergrads
  • Women38187%
  • Men5513%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White9.4%
  • Black12%
  • Hispanic67%
  • Asian6.0%
  • Other or multiracial6.2%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
436
Student–faculty ratio
26 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
64%
First-generation students
55%
Students over 25
29%
Median family income
$18,013
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$55,647

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
$37,481

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
54%
First-year retention
72%
Transferred to another college
1%
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
70%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
33%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
54%
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
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (436 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.

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
$37,079
$30–48k
$36,819
$48–75k
$38,172
$75–110k
$41,159
$110k+
$42,476

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-Stockton 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
95°F
Winter low
39°F
Annual rain
17.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.83.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Stockton Fire Stn 4, CA US station (0.3 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.