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ATA College

1810 Gillespie Way, Suite 104, El Cajon, CA 92020 · Private for-profit 2-year · (619) 596-2766 · School website

Average net price

$19,157

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

89.5%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

86.3%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Council on Occupational Education Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On California's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at ATA College

ATA College reported 66 certificate and associate completions in 2 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in medical assistant (38). College Scorecard counts 80 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Medical assistant	Certificate	64 credit hours, 15 months	$23,490	38	$23,338	WIOA list
HVAC	Certificate	45 credit hours, 11 months	$18,340	28	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at ATA College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $19,157
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $5,500
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $35,017

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

ATA College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

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