Private for-profit · Community college
Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $51,867
- Avg net price
- 50%
- Grad / completion
- $41,472
- Median earnings
Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Bakersfield, California (large city setting), enrolling 493 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. Upon Spanish arrival, present-day Bakersfield was inhabited by the Yowlumne, a Yokuts people. Yowlumne accounts indicate that the village of Woilu was situated in the bounds of the present city. Bakersfield appears in the 1997 role-playing video game Fallout under the name of Necropolis. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 2 miles to Bakersfield, CA
- To the ocean
- 71 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Meadows Field (BFL)
How Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield compares
Higher than 36% · #255 of 382 in California
Higher than 13%
Higher than 74% · #110 of 326 in California
Cheaper than 1% · #374 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 57%
Lower than 3%
Larger than 62%
Percentiles compare Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield 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
- Women39280%
- Men10120%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White15%
- Black12%
- Hispanic50%
- Asian10%
- Other or multiracial13%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 493
- Student–faculty ratio
- 33 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 46%
- First-generation students
- 55%
- Students over 25
- 60%
- Median family income
- $20,380
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $53,973
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
- $51,867
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
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 52%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,921
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $41,472
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Students with federal loans
- 78%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 37%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
- C
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 2.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 3
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (493 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.
By offense type, per year
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.
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?
Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield 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)
- $41,472
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 23%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 52%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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.
Men out-earn women by $14,489 (38%) 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
- 97°F
- Winter low
- 38°F
- Annual rain
- 6.7″
- Annual snow
- 0.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Bakersfield 5 NW, CA US station (5.5 mi from campus).
What Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield 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.











