Private for-profit · Community college
Premiere Career College
Irwindale, California · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $25,393
- Avg net price
- 52%
- Grad / completion
- $41,270
- Median earnings
Premiere Career College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Irwindale, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 105 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Irwindale, California
Irwindale is a city in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California. Irwindale was part of the Mexican land grants by Alta California Governor Juan Alvarado of Rancho La Puente, Rancho Azusa de Dalton, Rancho Azusa de Duarte, and Rancho San Francisquito. The families of Gregorio Fraijo and Facundo Ayon settled here in the 1850s. With relatively few residents, Irwindale consists mostly of rock quarries, which are the major revenue source for the city. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 15 miles to Los Angeles, CA
- To the ocean
- 24 miles
- Nearest airport
- 20 miles to Long Beach (LGB) · major hub
How Premiere Career College compares
Higher than 39% · #249 of 382 in California
Higher than 77%
Higher than 74% · #115 of 326 in California
Cheaper than 17% · #257 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 14%
Lower than 56%
Larger than 29%
Percentiles compare Premiere Career 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
- Women7975%
- Men2625%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White7.6%
- Black4.8%
- Hispanic67%
- Asian11%
- Other or multiracial9.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 105
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 81%
- First-generation students
- 48%
- Students over 25
- 65%
- Median family income
- $17,544
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $35,964
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
- $25,393
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
- 52%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,948
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $41,270
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,188
- Students with federal loans
- 61%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 30%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $75
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%.
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?
Premiere Career 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)
- $41,270
- Typical debt at graduation
- $15,188
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 37%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 45%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.7 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 $9,718 (25%) 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
- 88°F
- Winter low
- 45°F
- Annual rain
- 15.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, San Gabriel Fire Dept, CA US station (6.3 mi from campus).
What Premiere Career 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.