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Overview
Founded in 1967, Carrington College - Sacramento is in a large suburb with more than 250,000 residents. It is in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom CA area.
Highlights
Undergraduate program with the highest reported starting salary ($92K): Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Largest undergraduate program (574): Medical/Clinical Assistant
Address
8909 Folsom Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95826
carrington.edu/
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Accreditation:
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Institutional Control
Carrington College - Sacramento is a private for-profit organization and is related to other schools.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Carrington College - Sacramento holds an accreditation from one of the seven regional accreditors, which should ensure that credits earned transfer easily to other schools.
Accreditation History
Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (Accredited July 1, 2001 - present)
  • The accreditation was recently renewed on January 27, 2020.
  • The next accreditation review is scheduled for October 1, 2026.
Undergraduate Students
Not all students attend their first college full time to completion. While some schools are focused on those that population, many schools focus on transfer and or part time students. What types of of student does this school support.
Full-time first-time students
Full-time transfer students
Part-time first-time students
Part-time transfer students
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Admissions
Open Admissions
Carrington College - Sacramento is an open admissions school and accepts any student who applies.
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Admissions Details
Here are some important dates and little tidbits. Please double-check this information on the Carrington College - Sacramento's webpage for the most up-to-date and accurate answers! We update this information with each school's annual reporting, but information can change unexpectedly. Select any item to view the details.
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Carrington College - Sacramento lists the following admissions priorities and requirements:
Very Important: interview, application essay, rigor of secondary school record, and level of applicant's interest
Important:
Considered:
Not Considered: religious affiliation/commitment, recommendation(s), class rank, extracurricular activities, racial/ethnic status, alumni/ae relation, academic GPA, geographical residence, first generation, work experience, volunteer work, standardized test scores, talent/ability, state residency, and character/personal qualities
A high school diploma or GED is required.
Application Fee & Common App
Application Fee & Common App
Carrington College - Sacramento has an undergraduate application fee of $0. We did not find Carrington College - Sacramento on the Common Application site. Keep in mind that it never hurts to inquire with an Admissions office to see whether they might be willing to waive your application fee.
Freshman application dates
Freshman application dates
Credits accepted from new students
Credits accepted from new students
Carrington College - Sacramento accepts the following credits:
  • Open admission (school accepts any student who applies)
  • Credit for life experiences
Programs
Carrington College - Sacramento program offerings
What award level are you pursuing?
1-2 Year Certificate
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Carrington College - SacramentoMedical/Clinical Assistan...Dental Assisting/Assistan...Medical Insurance Special...Licensed Practical/Vocati...Medical Administrative/Ex...Pharmacy Technician/Assis...Security and Loss Prevent...Surgical Technology/Techn...Massage Therapy/Therapeut...Rehabilitation AideTop 10 matching degrees
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Community Services
Healthcare
Costs
Current Program Costs

Schools report total costs for (up to) their six largest career-oriented programs. You can explore the costs by selecting the "+" symbol for programs that interest you. The average months to complete apply to full-time students. Additionally, if program length is reported in contact hours, then the time literally represents time with an instructor. Alternatively, credit hours approximate instructional time, but are not inclusive of total time spent by students in learning.

The cost details offer you comparisons to the costs of similar programs available in your context group. However, schools offering similar programs often have slightly different times to complete, and therefore we have grouped all programs that are 6 or fewer months, over 6 to 12 months, over 12 to 18 months, and more than 18 months. You can find the other schools offering this program using our school explorer.

You will find the most up-to-date information at this school's website for admissions.

Dental Assisting/Assistant (9 Months)
This program is Carrington College - Sacramento's 3rd largest program. On average, students take 9 months of full-time study to complete the required 36 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Dental Assisting/Assistant certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$750
$19,652
Context: costs of similar programs
$20,402$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (18 Months)
This program is Carrington College - Sacramento's 5th largest program. On average, students take 18 months of full-time study to complete the required 80 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Dental Hygiene/Hygienist certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than a year but less than 18 months to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$5,507
$56,468
Context: costs of similar programs
$61,975$60,000$65,000$70,000$75,000
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training (16 Months)
This program is Carrington College - Sacramento's 4th largest program. On average, students take 16 months of full-time study to complete the required 41 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than a year but less than 18 months to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,656
$36,392
Context: costs of similar programs
$38,048$0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller (9 Months)
This program is Carrington College - Sacramento's 6th largest program. On average, students take 9 months of full-time study to complete the required 36 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,129
$18,450
Context: costs of similar programs
$19,579$12,000$14,000$16,000$18,000$20,000
Medical/Clinical Assistant (9 Months)
This program is Carrington College - Sacramento's 1st largest program. On average, students take 9 months of full-time study to complete the required 36 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Medical/Clinical Assistant certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$695
$18,163
Context: costs of similar programs
$18,858$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000$16,000$18,000$20,000
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant (18 Months)
This program is Carrington College - Sacramento's 2nd largest program. On average, students take 18 months of full-time study to complete the required 64 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than a year but less than 18 months to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,460
$33,546
Context: costs of similar programs
$35,006$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000
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Area living cost estimates
The following cost of living estimates apply to this school's largest program and should reflect the cost for an academic year. We would expect that these costs of living estimates would be uniform across programs, and we additionally recommend that you double-check the estimates through a different source. We found that schools have wildly different estimates of living expenses within the same areas.
Expense type
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus with family
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus without family
Off-campus room and board
Amount
$4,248
$4,248
$13,779
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Historic Costs by Program
You can explore the programs and corresponding lengths and costs offered over the past ten years using the drop-down menu below the graph. The programs only appear if they were one of the six largest programs offered that year. All dollar amounts have been adjusted for inflation.
Program and length
Dental Assisting/Assistant (9 months)
$0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,0002010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
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Net price: the best estimate for the cost to attend
Most schools publish tuition rates that give them room to offer both scholarships and financial aid where applicable. Your best estimate of what might pay is to see what others with similar family incomes have paid. A more tailored and accurate estimate is available at this school's net price calculator.
Understanding net price

With their net price calculators, many colleges and universities give an idea of what merit-based aid might accompany need-based aid. For schools that share such data, we also provide financial aid data in the Finanical Aid sections.

There are some caveats to consider when using the net price estimates:

  • The net price calculation is weighted by this school's proportion of students living on- and off-campus and this school's estimate of off-campus costs, which may cause the net price methodology be a bit inconsistent from school to school.
  • Parental income and student financial aid eligibility is sometimes more complicated than the simple family income number reported here.
  • The net price calculation for all students is inclusive of students who received any institutional or government aid, but at the family income levels the net price only considers the tuition paid by those who qualified for federal aid.

You can get a little better guess at what you would pay by using this school's net price calculator.

Percentage of students receiving any aid
The donut, based on 700 full-time first-time degree seeking students at Carrington College - Sacramento, shows the percentage of those who received any financial aid (including merit-based scholarships), subdivided by family income.
9%
Aid type and family income
Federal: $0-30K
Federal: $30K-48K
Federal: $48K-75K
Federal: $75K-110K
Federal: Above $110K
Only institutional
Net price by family income
All Incomes
Let's look over the past few years at what freshmen who received any financial aid actually paid for tuition, fees, books, and living expenses on average, and how that compares to the tuition usually paid for other private universities in your context group. Public universities only report net price for in-state students.
20112012201320142015201620172018$0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000
Chart explanation
Carrington College - Sacramento
On the blue curve, we see how the net annual cost to attend Carrington College - Sacramento has changed over the years.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the net price for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Outcomes
Graduation Rate
All undergraduate students were full-time with about 79% of them attending college for the first time. In the last reporting year, 48% of students, including those who were part-time or transfer students, received a degree within 8 years.
48%
Time to complete
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8 years
Context: Graduation rate
These numbers reflect eight-year graduation rates for all degrees at the colleges and universities in your chosen context group. This reporting is for undergraduate students inclusive of transfer students and full/part-time students.
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Loan Status
This donut shows the percentage of students who are in good standing (green) in repaying any federal student loans five years after leaving Carrington College - Sacramento.
Status of loans
Closed (fully paid)
Currently paying
Deferred for miliary or school
Suspended (usually for hardship)
More than 90 days late in paying
In default
Another status not released
Context: Loans with good standing
This is better performance than at least 67% of its context schools, and is evidence that alumni earnings-to-debt ratios are better than for most of the context schools' alumni.
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Are students graduating on time?
Let us tell you all about low graduation rates!

Across the country, graduation rates are surprisingly low. In fact, Forbes Magazine suggests that they are unacceptably low. However, from another point of view, sometimes graduation rates simply reflect the relative preparation of the students who enter. Colleges with a mission to help people coming from less advantaged backgrounds, such as first-generation and low-income students, may have low graduation rates despite relatively strong outcomes for students who face many obstacles to success. Without the context provided in these views of completion rates, it can be tricky to separate predatory schools that take financial advantage of under-prepared students from those that are actively seeking to encourage and help those students.

For the consumer choosing a school, once you have narrowed your list to those schools that you can afford and that seem likely to admit you, consider the outcome measures in this section and choose the specific measures that best describe your plans. Very simply, schools with high graduation rates and high loan repayment rates will likely give you the best opportunity to succeed.

Context: the impact of wealth and transfer status on degree completion
We took a close look lagging success for students with financial need in a case study. Here's a chance to compare schools based on student successes with a better appreciation of how circumstances may impact success. One word of caution: the statistics for some categories may consist of only a handful of students -- see the details by hovering or long-pressing on the bars.
Full-time first-time students
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Full-time first-time students
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Percentage with Pell Grants
77%
Years after enrolling.
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Full-time first-time students who received an award within 8 years after enrolling
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
Years after leaving school.
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201320142015201620%40%60%80%100%Former students with decreased loan principal
Chart explanation
Carrington College - Sacramento
On the blue curve, we see the percentage of alumni from Carrington College - Sacramento who have successfully reduced their federal school loans by at least $1 by the date shown, which is 7 years after leaving the school.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the loan repayment rate for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Read below for details on the typical loan burden, and keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
201420152016201720180%5%10%15%20%25%Former students with loan payment failure
Chart explanation
Carrington College - Sacramento
On the blue curve, we see the percentage of alumni from Carrington College - Sacramento who have defaulted on their federal school loans within 3 years ending on the date shown.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the 3-year loan default rate for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Loan burden
At Carrington College - Sacramento, 40% of full-time degree-seeking freshmen receive federal student loans, averaging $7,944 each in just the freshman year. We have much more details about the full loan burden students experience in our Cost and Financial Aid Section.
Context: Percentage of freshmen with federal loans
40%0%20%40%60%80%100%
Context: Average freshman federal loan amount
$7,944$2,000$4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000
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Alumni earnings compared to same-aged Americans
The blue curve shows the earnings of this school's alumni -- so a high curve indicates this school is setting its students up for success!
More information about earnings data

How might your earnings compare with other people your age? Opportunity Insights used IRS data to track almost every person born in the US in the years 1980 to 1991, and they ranked the mean (average) 2014 earnings of students who attended Carrington College - Sacramento in comparison to all people in the US the same age. Although this data is now a little old, the scope of this project was awesome and gives us a glimpse at alumni performance that we cannot find until a new study of this incredible magnitude is performed.

You might notice a little earnings dip at young ages for some of the top bachelor's institutions. This coincides with the years that many alumni may be in graduate school and earning less.

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Chart explanation
Carrington College - Sacramento
In the blue curve, we see how the average earnings percentile for this school changes as its alumni age as compared to like-aged Americans without regard to their educational background.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of these average alumni earnings percentiles for context schools: dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools and light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Wealth mobility at Carrington College - Sacramento
We may wonder if, as a result of attending a given college, we will have a better chance for higher earnings. Opportunity Insights sought to answer this question by following the wealth story of every student for whom income information was available.
Learn more about the mobility study
How does wealth change after attendance?

Opportunity Insights studied groups of all children born in the US in the same year for each birth year from 1980 to 1991. This grouping included every single US child who had a valid SSN or ITIN (tax identification number) and could be linked to parents with non-negative income.

Family Income

The incomes of all families in a birth year group are measured when the child is 15-19 and these incomes are averaged. The calculated incomes from all families in the group were arranged from smallest to largest, and divided into five groups of equal size. On the left of the diagram, you can see the relative distribution of Carrington College - Sacramento's students between the family income divided into fifths formed by looking at the entire US group.

Individual Student Earnings

In 2014, all people from the same birth year were divided into a new set of five groups that were determined by their individual labor earnings for that year. The students from this birth year who primarily attended Carrington College - Sacramento between the ages of 19 and 22 were divided into these five groups, and the percent in each group is shown on the right of the diagram.

The diagram lets you see the proportion in each original income group who travel to each earnings group, and provides some insight into the likelihood of financial success after attendance.

If you'd like to understand the nitty gritty details of this interesting data, be sure to check out the well-written Opportunity Insights report by selecting SOURCES under the figure.

Below, we can see the percentage from each initial family wealth group who attend this college, and also the alumni's relative wealth later. Do students entering college from the bottom twenty percent of family income end up making it to a higher level? Do the top twenty percent stay at the top? Follow the colors, left to right, and see for yourself.
$24,300$45,100$72,900$110,300$900$18,500$35,200$55,800Lowest 20%Second-lowestMiddleSecond-highestHighest 20%Highest 20%Second-highestMiddleSecond-lowest Lowest 20%Family IncomeStudent Income
Classroom Experience
Student attention at Carrington College - Sacramento
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Carrington College - Sacramento
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Carrington College - Sacramento has 21% full-time instructors, and 87% of the context schools have a higher percentage of full-time instructors. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Carrington College - Sacramento, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
Full-time instructors
21%
Long-term instructors
0%
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Faculty Diversity
Here's an opportunity to explore the faculty's diversity. For many schools, attracting a diverse teaching faculty can be a challenge. It's important to judge their success with the reality check of what their peer schools have accomplished.
Number of full-time instructors
The chart shows male instructors to the left, and female to the right, with the races/origins included along the bars. Select the context graph to see how this diversity profile compares to the schools that interest you.
MultiracialAsianHispanicPacific IslanderBlackWhite0510152025Men0510152025Women
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Campus Safety
Crime at Carrington College - Sacramento
Check out the number of disciplinary actions (implemented within the school) and arrests (implemented by law enforcement external to the school)
Disciplinary Actions
20052010201520200246
Liquor Violations
Drug Violations
Weapon Possessions
Arrests
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Context: Disciplinary Actions
Average number of disciplinary violoations at Carrington College - Sacramento as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%Weapon PossessionsDrug ViolationsLiquor Violations
Context: Arrests
Average number of arrests at Carrington College - Sacramento as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.02%0.04%0.06%0.08%Weapon PossessionsDrug ViolationsLiquor Violations
Criminal Offenses
200520102015202001234
Burglaries/Robberies
Sex Offenses
Vehicle Thefts
Aggrevated Assaults
Context: Criminal Offenses
Average number of criminal offenses at Carrington College - Sacramento as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
0.023%0.000%0.020%0.000%0.000%0.020%0.040%0.060%0.080%0.100%0.120%Aggrevated AssaultsVehicle TheftsSex OffensesBurglaries/Robberies
Housing
No Student Housing Available
This school does not report any housing for students.
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Activities and Services
Special academic opportunities
  • Weekend college
Undergraduate services offered
  • Academic/career counseling services
  • Placement services for program completers
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Programs for Veterans
If you are a veteran, it's worth digging around to find a military-friendly campus. We think this article about how colleges might help veterans might be a good starting point for questions to ask the Admissions office before you choose to attend. It's also good to be aware that many for-profit schools are behaving as predators, hungry for GI Bill dollars. Watching out for those schools is no different for veterans than for all students: judge very critically using our "Student Satisfaction and Success" tab for undergraduate programs. We wish we had the same data to support graduate programs; however, we think the undergraduate data is a good starting point for judging overall quality.
  • Credit for Military Training
  • Dedicated point of contact for support services for veterans, military servicemembers, and their families
  • Member of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
  • Yellow Ribbon Program
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Student Body
Study Types
About 86% of students are full-time. There are no students who take all courses via distance education, but 80% take some courses online.
Full-time
86%
Online classes
80%
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Context: Student body size
Carrington College - Sacramento enrolled 5,407 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is larger than 80% of the context schools.
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Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Carrington College - Sacramento students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
Gender
Men
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Undergraduate student race/origin
Carrington College - Sacramento reports that 58% of students are minority, which is more than 65% of the context schools. This school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
Race/Origin
White
Black
Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Asian
American Indian
Multiracial
Not Reported
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Carrington College - Sacramento.
11%89%0%20%40%60%80%100%MenWomen
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Context: Percentage of women
With 89% women students, Carrington College - Sacramento has a higher percentage of women than 75% of context schools.
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Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Carrington College - Sacramento compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
11%36%19%12%2%2%11%6%0%20%40%60%80%100%InternationalPacific IslanderAmerican IndianNot ReportedMultiracialBlackAsianHispanicWhite
Freshman residences

A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.

Freshman residence
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Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
Age range
Under 18
18-19
20-21
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30-34
35-39
40-49
50-64
65 and over
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School Finances
Carrington College - Sacramento: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
Instructional spending
Student services spending
Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
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Chart explanation
Carrington College - Sacramento
On the blue curve, we see how the instructional expenses per student at Carrington College - Sacramento have changed over the years.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the instructional expenses per student for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
All values have been adjusted for inflation. Customize your context group using the gear at the top of the page!
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?

Carrington College - Sacramento is a private for-profit school, meaning that its annual goal is to make a profit for its shareholders. The other types of schools are public or not-for-profit, and profit is not a goal.

Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Carrington College - Sacramento into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
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Auxilliary expenses
Instructional expenses
Student services expenses
Academic & instructional support, student services expenses
Academic support expenses
Institutional support expenses
Other expenses