Private nonprofit · University
Northcentral University
San Diego, California · Large city
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- Admit rate
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- Avg net price
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- Graduation rate
- $48,414
- Median earnings
Northcentral University is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in San Diego, California (large city setting), enrolling 60 undergraduates. Programs are offered entirely online.
About San Diego, California
San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. What has been referred to as the San Dieguito complex was established in the area at least 9,000 years ago. The culture of San Diego is influenced heavily by the mixing of American and Mexican cultures, due to the city's position on the Mexico–United States border, its large Chicano population, and its history as part of Hispanic America and Mexico. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 8 miles to San Diego, CA
- To the ocean
- 8 miles
How Northcentral University compares
Higher than 34% · #109 of 130 in California
Lower than 95%
Lower than 99%
Larger than 5%
Percentiles compare Northcentral University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in California.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate601%
- Graduate9,42999%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women4982%
- Men1118%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White45%
- Black22%
- Hispanic15%
- Asian1.7%
- Other or multiracial17%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 60
- Graduate enrollment
- 9,429
- Student–faculty ratio
- 1 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
- First-generation students
- 44%
- Students over 25
- 91%
- Median family income
- $21,114
- Endowment
- $101,800,300
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,759
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $48,414
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,500
- Students with federal loans
- 45%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 24%
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%.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $48,414
- Typical debt at graduation
- $12,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 26%
- Out-earn a HS grad
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Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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.
Men out-earn women by $19,241 (44%) 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
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 45°F
- Annual rain
- 11″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, San Diego Montgomery Fld, CA US station (1.2 mi from campus).
What Northcentral University 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.