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Community college · Private nonprofit

CBD College

Los Angeles, CA584 online only

CBD College is a private nonprofit community college in Los Angeles, CA, with about 824 students on campus.

Students on campus
824
plus 584 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$23,033
higher than at 65% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
82%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$37,237
lower than at 62% of U.S. colleges
In brief

CBD College, in brief

Every degree CBD College awards is in health professions

CBD College awards degrees in a single field, health professions. Majors ↓

Many students are adults coming back to school

74% 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 ↓

Lower-income families pay more here than at most colleges

Families earning under $30,000 still pay about $22,935 a year after grants. What it costs ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 100%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General35 graduates a year
—not reported
Getting in

How hard is it to get into CBD College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. CBD College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $28,569 a year

Before any grants

Other costs $28,569

After grants, the average family on aid pays $23,033.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$22,935

About $45,870 over 2 years · 20% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
82%
within 1½ times the normal program length
Come back for year two
—
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$37,237
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$19,309
about $205 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

7.1%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$205 a month against about $2,894 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

43%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 45% 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).

Who goes there

The students

1,581 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 16%Hispanic 44%Black 9%Asian 15%

Women and men

Women 73%Men 27%
20 : 1
students per teacher
41%
get Pell grants (lower income)
68%
take federal loans
74%
undergrads 25 or older
0%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Los Angeles

8% of Los Angeles’s 3,869,089 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Los Angeles pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from CBD College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.

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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. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.