After California Institute of Arts & Technology: graduation, pay and debt
National City, California · For-profit · 2,112 undergrads
70% of California Institute of Arts & Technology students finish within six years and graduates leave with $13,000 in federal loans at the median.
The short answers
70%
finish within six years.
63%
of first-years come back for year two.
$13k
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers
Finishing
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
70%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
63%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
69%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
73
Debt and paying it back
Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$13,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$4,750
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$6,333
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$3,562
Where these numbers come from
- Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers