College · Private nonprofit · Pasadena, CA · City
Providence Christian College
Pasadena, CA
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate100%
6-yr median pay$33k
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size168
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr for a shot at a $33k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 100% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
168 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 $53k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $25k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$214k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$101k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$113k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.0k
- Room & board
- $11.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants31%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans53%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr20%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$33k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out30%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 168
- Location
- Pasadena, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White45%
- Hispanic34%
- Two or more races6%
- International5%
- Asian4%
- Black3%
- Unknown2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students30%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$64k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.