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California Nurses Educational Institute

Palm Springs, California · Private for-profit career college

LPN / LVN programsCNA classesPharmacy technician programs
81%completion rate · California avg 64%
$16,941median debt of graduates
$44,704median earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$46,895median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$28,452annual cost of attendance
Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible
Accreditation: Council on Occupational Education (Accredited)
Address: 5200 E. Ramon Rd. Suite I-1, Palm Springs, CA 92264 · Phone: (760) 416-5955 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗
Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
Sanction on record, not yet lifted — Jun 2025 · Warning · Council on Occupational Education. 2 sanction actions in the window.
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
California Nurses Edu… California Nurses Edu…: 80.5% 80.5% 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)
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses$64,390$79,750$93,720
Nursing assistants$40,110$47,630$54,800
Pharmacy technicians$42,850$55,110$65,590

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
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate, 2–4 years 87 $35,854 $38,018 $20,000
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate, under 300 hours 50 $35,854 $38,018 $20,000
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Certificate, 1–2 years 1 $27,808 $25,194 $5,500

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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