Private for-profit · Community college

Modern Technology School

Fountain Valley, California · Small city

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Transfer rate: $22,620
Avg net price: 75%
Grad / completion: $50,667
Median earnings

Modern Technology School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Fountain Valley, California (small city setting), enrolling 101 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 101 undergradsSmall cityNear the coast

About Fountain Valley, California

Fountain Valley is a suburban city in Orange County, California. The closest village to present-day site of the city was the village of Pasbenga. The village was part of a series of villages along what the Spanish would refer to as the Santa Ana River. Fountain Valley holds an annual Summerfest in June in Mile Square Regional Park. The event features a car show, rides, music, and booths. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 29 miles to Los Angeles, CA
To the ocean: 7 miles
Nearest airport: 4 miles to John Wayne Orange County (SNA) · major hub

How Modern Technology School compares

Graduation rate75%

Higher than 71% · #130 of 382 in California

First-year retention64%

Higher than 30%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$50,667

Higher than 91% · #40 of 326 in California

Average net price$22,620

Cheaper than 24% · #224 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$14,875

Lower than 14%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment101

Larger than 29%

Percentiles compare Modern Technology School 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

Women5857%
Men4343%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White21%
Black4.0%
Hispanic49%
Asian13%
Other or multiracial14%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 101
Student–faculty ratio: 10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 26%
First-generation students: 51%
Students over 25: 43%
Median family income: $22,224

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: $22,620

Outcomes

Graduated: 75%
First-year retention: 64%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $46,631
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $50,667
Median debt at graduation: $14,875
Students with federal loans: 37%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 48%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $75

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

$22,612

$30–48k

$22,116

$48–75k

$22,920

$75–110k

$22,638

$110k+

$23,176

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?

Modern Technology School 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): $50,667
Typical debt at graduation: $14,875
Debt vs. one year's pay: 29%
Out-earn a HS grad: 64%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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

$47,478

Men

$55,700

Men out-earn women by $8,222 (17%) 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: 85°F
Winter low: 48°F
Annual rain: 12.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Santa Ana Fire Stn, CA US station (3.3 mi from campus).

What Modern Technology School graduates study — and earn

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

81 grads— 1 yr$43k 5 yr$9k debt

81—$43,453$9,236 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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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.