Private for-profit · Community college

Unitek College

Fremont, California · Midsize city

#4 for grad earnings in California
0%
Transfer rate
$25,179
Avg net price
73%
Grad / completion
$79,550
Median earnings

Unitek College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Fremont, California (midsize city setting), enrolling 4,972 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitMidsize · 4,972 undergradsMidsize cityNear the coast

About Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. The recorded history of the Fremont area began on June 6, 1797, when Mission San José was founded by the Spaniard Father Fermín de Lasuén. The Mission was established at the site of the Ohlone village of Oroysom. Companies headquartered in Fremont include Antec Inc, Electronics for Imaging, Ikanos Communications, Lam Research, Seagate Technology, Fremont Bank, Nielsen Norman Group, Oplink Communications, SYNNEX, S3 Graphics, Tailored Brands and DCKAP. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
13 miles to San Jose, CA
To the ocean
5 miles
Nearest airport
10 miles to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose (SJC) · major hub

How Unitek College compares

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 67% · #141 of 382 in California

First-year retention89%

Higher than 80%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$79,550

Higher than 99% · #4 of 326 in California

Average net price$25,179

Cheaper than 18% · #255 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$10,700

Lower than 38%

Student–faculty ratio26 : 1

Lower than 9%

Undergraduate enrollment4,972

Larger than 91%

Percentiles compare Unitek 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

4,972undergrads
  • Women3,95079%
  • Men1,02221%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White8.0%
  • Black5.3%
  • Hispanic24%
  • Asian25%
  • Other or multiracial38%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
4,972
Student–faculty ratio
26 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
45%
First-generation students
44%
Students over 25
65%
Median family income
$27,729
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$71,154

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
$25,179

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 (within 6 years)
73%
Graduated on time (4 years)
63%
First-year retention
89%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$62,043
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$79,550
Median debt at graduation
$10,700
Students with federal loans
57%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
63%

About 11% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
63%
Low-income (Pell)
76%
First-generation
78%

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
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%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.5 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
4
Property offenses (2022–2024)
4

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 6 campuses (5,725 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.

2.7reported offenses a year
1.3 violent a year1.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
0.7
Aggravated assault
0.7
Burglary
0.7
Fondling
0.3
Robbery
0.3

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.

< $30k
$22,624
$30–48k
$25,651
$48–75k
$24,401
$75–110k
$25,773
$110k+
$27,775

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.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$102,924

$24,401/year × about 4.2 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Unitek 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)
$79,550
Typical debt at graduation
$10,700
Debt vs. one year's pay
13%
Out-earn a HS grad

Typical debt would take roughly 1.3 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
$79,069
Men
$82,721

Men out-earn women by $3,652 (5%) 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
78°F
Winter low
42°F
Annual rain
15.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°60°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.63.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Fremont, CA US station (3.7 mi from campus).

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.