Private nonprofit · Community college

CET-Oxnard

Oxnard, California · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $11,992
Avg net price: 42%
Grad / completion: $32,986
Median earnings

CET-Oxnard is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Oxnard, California (midsize city setting), enrolling 95 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private nonprofitSmall · 95 undergradsMidsize cityNear the coast

About Oxnard, California

Oxnard is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The first European to encounter the area was explorer João Rodrigues Cabrilho, who claimed it for Spain in 1542. During the mission period, Mission San Buenaventura, established in 1782, used the area for raising cattle. Oxnard cultural institutions include the Carnegie Art Museum, founded in 1907 as the Oxnard Public Library by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie; the Chandler Vintage Museum of Transportation and Wildlife, founded by the late Los Angeles Times publisher Otis Chandler, and the Channel Islands Maritime Museum. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 33 miles to Santa Barbara, CA
To the ocean: 3 miles
Nearest airport: 41 miles to Santa Barbara (SBA)

How CET-Oxnard compares

Graduation rate42%

Higher than 28% · #291 of 382 in California

First-year retention62%

Higher than 26%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$32,986

Higher than 42% · #221 of 326 in California

Average net price$11,992

Cheaper than 62% · #113 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$7,041

Lower than 83%

Student–faculty ratio24 : 1

Lower than 16%

Undergraduate enrollment95

Larger than 27%

Percentiles compare CET-Oxnard 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

Women3234%
Men6366%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White1.1%
Hispanic97%
Other or multiracial2.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 95
Student–faculty ratio: 24 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 25%
First-generation students: 69%
Students over 25: 38%
Median family income: $13,272

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: $11,992

Outcomes

Graduated: 42%
First-year retention: 62%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $33,264
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $32,986
Median debt at graduation: $7,041
Students with federal loans: 11%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 29%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

42%

Low-income (Pell)

81%

First-generation

82%

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

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

$10,347

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$15,223

$75–110k

$5,591

$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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

CET-Oxnard 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): $32,986
Typical debt at graduation: $7,041
Debt vs. one year's pay: 21%
Out-earn a HS grad: 33%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.1 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

$25,978

Men

$38,374

Men out-earn women by $12,396 (48%) 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: 76°F
Winter low: 46°F
Annual rain: 12.9″
Annual snow: 0.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Oxnard, CA US station (0.4 mi from campus).

What CET-Oxnard graduates study — and earn

Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection

27 grads$28k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$6k debt

27$28,485$32,178$6,425 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

21 grads$32k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$7k debt

21$32,056$33,140$6,528 Health and Medical Administrative Services

0 grads$26k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$6k debt

0$25,727$27,237$5,900

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.