College · Private for-profit · Signal Hill, CA · Suburb
American University of Health Sciences
Signal Hill, CA
Admit rate50%
6-yr median pay$111k
Net price / yr—
Undergrad size351
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $0k/yr for a shot at a $111k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 50% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
351 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Net price not reported — check the college's financial aid office.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $24.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants46%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans83%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$40k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $16k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention100%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr50%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$111k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$94k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 351
- Location
- Signal Hill, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
- Also known as
- AUHS
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Asian45%
- Hispanic29%
- Black10%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander4%
- White4%
- Two or more races3%
- International3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$32k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 2
What you can study.