Glendale Career College
Glendale Career College is a for-profit college in Glendale, CA, with about 854 students on campus.
The short version on Glendale Career College
Little price break for lower-income families
Families earning under $30,000 pay about $47,983 a year after grants, only $2,875 less than the $50,858 paid by families over $110,000. The average across families on aid is $49,195, more than at 99% of 4-year colleges. What it costs ↓
Every degree Glendale Career College awards is in health professions
Glendale Career College awards degrees in a single field, health professions. Majors ↓
Many students are adults coming back to school
68% of undergraduates are 25 or older. Graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, so they leave many of these students out. The students ↓
Students from wealthier families earn much more
Ten years after starting, students from families making over $75,000 earn a median $71,365. Students from families under $30,000 earn $38,375. These figures cover the whole 5-campus system, not just this campus. Outcomes ↓
Loan payments are a small share of pay
The typical graduate owes $9,500, about $101 a month over ten years. That’s 3.1% of a typical former student’s monthly pay six years after starting. These figures cover the whole 5-campus system, not just this campus. Outcomes ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; earnings, debt and repayment are reported for the whole 5-campus system; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $51,802 a year
Before any grants
After grants, the average family on aid pays $49,195.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $199,192 over 4 years · 4% off the sticker price
How hard is it to get into Glendale Career College?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Glendale Career College is likely test-optional.
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting (whole college system)
$101 a month against about $3,243 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, whole college system
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 43% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
Earnings by family background
Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment (whole college system)
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported); reported for the whole college system.
The students
896 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
Living in Glendale
8% of Glendale’s 187,160 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Glendale pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Glendale Career College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid and are reported for the whole 5-campus system. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.