Advanced Career Institute
Visalia, California · Website
Advanced Career Institute is a for-profit under 2-year college in Visalia, California with 664 undergraduates. 81% of students finish within 150% of the normal time. Graduates leave with a median $6,331 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
-
A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
81%
Within 150% of the normal time, US 58%
Median debt
$6,331
About $67 a month
Earnings at 10 years
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Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 24%
- Students with federal loans
- 23%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 664
- Part-time students
- 9.9%
- Women
- 11%
- Students per teacher
- 14
- Completion rate
- 81%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 2
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | CA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $20,161 | $18,528 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $8,086 | $15,471 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 76% | 90% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 81% | 64% | 75% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 80% | 83% | 75% |
| Median debt | $6,331 | $11,537 | $9,024 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $40,762 | $36,048 | $22,020 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $41,472 | $25,418 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US for-profit under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 43% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 64% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
2 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground TransportationCertificate | Certificate | 1,336 | $6,201 | $38,651 | $53,102 | $52,118 |
| Precision Metal WorkingCertificate | Certificate | 163 | $8,023 | $31,401 | $45,475 | $48,702 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Visalia and California on Local Economy
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Questions and answers
What is the acceptance rate at Advanced Career Institute?
Advanced Career Institute has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much student debt do Advanced Career Institute graduates have?
$6,331 is the median federal student loan debt of Advanced Career Institute graduates, about $67 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 23% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Advanced Career Institute?
81% of first-time, full-time students at Advanced Career Institute finish within 150% of the normal time. The median of for-profit under 2-year colleges is 75%.
What are the most popular majors at Advanced Career Institute?
Ground Transportation (1,336 certificate graduates), Precision Metal Working (163 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 2 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.