Private for-profit · Community college
National Polytechnic College
Lakewood, California · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $30,669
- Avg net price
- 47%
- Grad / completion
- $30,781
- Median earnings
National Polytechnic College is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Lakewood, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 516 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Lakewood, California
Lakewood is a suburban city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Lakewood is a post-World War II planned community. Lakewood is served by two County Of Los Angeles Public Libraries: the George Nye, Jr. Library, and the Angelo M. Iacoboni Library. Iacoboni Library, named after the city's first mayor, opened in 1954. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 14 miles to Los Angeles, CA
- To the ocean
- 7 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Long Beach (LGB) · major hub
How National Polytechnic College compares
Higher than 33% · #268 of 382 in California
Higher than 95%
Higher than 34% · #255 of 326 in California
Cheaper than 7% · #324 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 11%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 63%
Percentiles compare National Polytechnic College 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
- Women39777%
- Men11923%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White13%
- Black8.3%
- Hispanic59%
- Asian13%
- Other or multiracial6.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 516
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 51%
- First-generation students
- 61%
- Students over 25
- 62%
- Median family income
- $22,855
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $47,097
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
- $30,669
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
- 47%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $32,541
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $30,781
- Median debt at graduation
- $16,098
- Students with federal loans
- 63%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 26%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $150
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
- B
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.7 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 1
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (516 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?
National Polytechnic College 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)
- $30,781
- Typical debt at graduation
- $16,098
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 52%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 24%
Typical debt would take roughly 5.2 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 $3,727 (13%) 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
- 83°F
- Winter low
- 47°F
- Annual rain
- 12″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Long Beach Daugherty Fld, CA US station (3.4 mi from campus).
What National Polytechnic College 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.