College · Private for-profit · San Diego, CA · City
California Miramar University
San Diego, CA
Admit rate18%
6-yr median pay—
Net price / yr$12k
Undergrad size135
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $12k/yr. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 18% means this is competitive but not impossible.
If you get in
135 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $19k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $12k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$76k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$50k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$26k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $12.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,062
How students pay for it.
Pell grants48%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans48%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$31k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention70%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr50%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
Transfer out50%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 135
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Distance Education Accrediting Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic22%
- Black18%
- International18%
- White14%
- Unknown13%
- Two or more races7%
- Asian4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2%
First-gen students48%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$22k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.