Asher College

Sacramento, CA · For-profit · 649 undergrads · website ↗

Open admission
$100 application fee

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

Not published

This college doesn't report a transfer rate to the Department of Education. That means unknown — not zero. Ask them directly.

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	—
$30,000 – $48,000	—
$48,000 – $75,000	$35,499
$75,000 – $110,000	—
Over $110,000	—
All incomes (average)	$35,499

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Asher College's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (16 of them) in 2022–23; 75% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	75%	$3,250
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	38%	$4,586
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	19%	$1,046
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	25%	$5,059

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Outcomes

Completion rate: 56%
Students with Pell grants: 56%
Earnings @ 10yr: $45,468
Median debt: $14,166

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: $100
Students per faculty member: 26 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 76%

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

Not reported (open admission).

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

What students study

Computer Science57%

Health & Nursing30%

Business9%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (5)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	92	$41,562	$46,771national $54,726	$17,083
Health and Medical Administrative Services	37	$39,920	$41,299national $37,073	$17,667
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	19	$47,554	—national $42,269	$19,124
Business Administration, Management and Operations	13	—	—national $48,733	$16,208
Accounting and Related Services	11	$37,488	$46,310national $47,660	—

Undergraduate certificates (4)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	56	$45,836	$61,558national $52,615	$12,417
Health and Medical Administrative Services	20	$36,471	—national $35,447	—
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians	13	$37,578	—national $43,027	—
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	9	$40,551	—national $34,272	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 5 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Best transfer rates elsewhere in CA

Feather River Community College DistrictQuincy20.7%San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego15.7%Shasta CollegeRedding15%Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica14.9%Moorpark CollegeMoorpark13.9%MiraCosta CollegeOceanside9.9%

Contact and accreditation

Address: 1215 Howe Ave, Sacramento, CA 95825
Phone: (916) 649-9600
Institutional accreditor: Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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