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Up to 4 at once. Figures are from the 2022-23 reporting year and are averages, so they will differ from what any one student pays or experiences.

  • American Career College-Los Angeles
  • High Desert Medical College

What stands out

High Desert Medical College has the lower average net price, American Career College-Los Angeles reports the higher graduation rate, while American Career College-Los Angeles leaves graduates with less median federal debt. Which of those matters more depends on what you need, and none of it predicts your own cost or your own chance of admission.

American Career College-Los Angeles compared with High Desert Medical College
MetricAmerican Career College-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CAPrivate for-profit · Less than 2-yearHighest graduation rateLowest median debtHigh Desert Medical CollegeLancaster, CAPrivate for-profit · Less than 2-yearLowest net price
Cost
Average net priceWhat students on federal aid actually paid per year, after grants.$32,408$29,627lowest
Outcomes
Graduation rateWithin 150% of normal time. Excludes transfer students.74%highest67%
Median debt at graduationFederal loans only. Private and parent loans are not included.$9,500lowest$13,555
Median earnings, 10 yrsReflects the subjects a college teaches and where it sits, not only its teaching.$38,430Not reported
Campus
Undergraduates2,1682,245

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2022-23. Blank figures mean the college did not report that measure, not that the value is zero. Acceptance rate and enrollment carry no highlight because neither a lower acceptance rate nor a larger campus is better in itself. How this works.