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American Career College-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California · Private for-profit career college

Medical assistant programsLPN / LVN programsDental assistant schoolsSurgical technologist programsPharmacy technician programsMedical billing & coding programsRadiology & sonography programs
75%completion rate · California avg 64%
$9,500median debt of graduates
$35,013median earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$38,430median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$37,270annual cost of attendance
Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible
Accreditation: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing | Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (Accredited)
Address: 4021 Rosewood Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004 · Phone: (949) 783-4800 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗
Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
No accreditor sanctions in the last 36 months
Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.
Completion rate vs. benchmarks
American Career Colle… American Career Colle…: 74.9% 74.9% California average California average: 64.2% 64.2% National average National average: 62.1% 62.1%

What these trades pay once you're working

OccupationStarting (10th pct)MedianExperienced (75th)
Medical assistants$39,290$49,660$61,870
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses$64,390$79,750$93,720
Dental assistants$38,790$50,110$60,670
Surgical technologists$49,140$81,310$99,260
Pharmacy technicians$42,850$55,110$65,590
Medical records specialists$43,800$61,810$80,630
Radiologic technologists and technicians$70,210$121,260$137,770

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in California (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

ProgramCredentialGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Earnings, yr 2Median debt
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Certificate, 1–2 years 351 $25,116 $23,714 $9,500
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate, 1–2 years 288 $41,027 $37,793 $17,200
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions Certificate, 300–899 hours 105 $23,743 $21,904 $8,444
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Associate degree 83 $43,204 $42,329 $23,969
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Certificate, 1–2 years 73 $25,116 $23,714 $9,500
Health and Medical Administrative Services Certificate, 1–2 years 50 $28,321 $26,783 $9,500
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Associate degree 27 $43,204 $42,329 $23,969

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.

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