California Intercontinental University
Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Website
California Intercontinental University is a for-profit 4-year college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with 151 undergraduates and 472 graduate students.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
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Median debt
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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
- 77%
- Students with federal loans
- 79%
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
- 151
- Graduate students
- 472
- Part-time students
- 100%
- Women
- 53%
- Students per teacher
- 16
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 25
- Other
- Online only, 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 | SD median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $18,146 | $28,553 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $8,845 | $17,408 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 85% | 91% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 54% | 50% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 78% | 67% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $23,250 | $20,899 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $43,427 | $36,954 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $46,709 | $40,092 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US for-profit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
25 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineMaster's | Master's | 25 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $103,485 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 14 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $113,566 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $89,981 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 8 | Withheld | $104,340 | $100,910 | $126,299 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineAssociate's | Associate's | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| International BusinessOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | $135,646 | $109,516 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $68,257 |
| Human Resources Management and ServicesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Management Information Systems and ServicesOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | $134,362 | $132,346 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementOnlineBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $85,063 |
| MarketingOnlineMaster's | Master's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $79,106 |
| Management Information Systems and ServicesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $106,092 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesOnlineBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralOnlineAssociate's | Associate's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesOnlineAssociate's | Associate's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsOnlineBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $110,694 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Human Resources Management and ServicesOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Management Information Systems and ServicesOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Management Information Systems and ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | - | Withheld | - | Withheld | $83,290 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
What is the acceptance rate at California Intercontinental University?
California Intercontinental University has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
What are the most popular majors at California Intercontinental University?
Business Administration, Management and Operations (25 master's graduates), Business Administration, Management and Operations (14 doctoral graduates), Health and Medical Administrative Services (8 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 25 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.