Ineligible Cal Grant Schools for 2017-18
(10 Total Ineligible Schools)
Cal Grant participating colleges, universities, and career technical schools must meet various eligibility requirements in law to be
able to receive Cal Grants. The two required thresholds* for the 2017-18 academic year are:
1. Schools must keep their federal student loan Cohort Default Rate (CDR) below 15.5 percent.
2. Schools must keep their graduation rate above 30 percent.
Schools on this Ineligible Cal Grant Schools list did not meet one or both of the required thresholds for the 2017-18 academic year.
This list does not include ineligible institutions that are ineligible this year and have been ineligible for the prior two years or longer.

Control
1
(USED)

2014-15
% of Federal
Student Loan
2
Borrowers

02179938 ARGOSY ART INST OF CA HOLLYWOOD

Proprietary

02179945 ARGOSY ART INST OF CA SAC

2013
3-Year Cohort

2015
Graduation

Default Rate3

Rate

78%

13.9

27.0

Proprietary

85%

13.9

29.0

02179943 ARGOSY ART INST OF CA SF

Proprietary

78%

13.9

30.0

02306302 BRIGHTWOOD COLLEGE - FRESNO

Proprietary

54%

17.1

78.0

Proprietary

57%

8.7

58.0

Proprietary

84%

6.0

17.0

Proprietary

83%

7.4

28.0

Proprietary

86%

5.4

22.0

01203100 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

Private

90%

15.7

30.0

03752400 SCHOOL OF URBAN MISSIONS

Private

73%

13.9

18.0

School
Code
(CSAC)

School Name
(CSAC)

00112300 BROOKS INSTITUTE
03399300 BRYAN COLLEGE

5

6

03128700 MOUNT SIERRA COLLEGE
03069500 SAGE COLLEGE

1

2
3

4

5

6

7

7

4

From the U.S. Department of Education FY2013 Official Three-Year School Default Rates information
for each institution.
From the U.S. Department of Education 2014-15 Student Financial Aid Data.
U.S. Department of Education FY2013 Official Three-Year School Default Rates certified by the California
Student Aid Commission on November 1, 2016.
U.S. Department of Education 2015 Graduation Rates certified by the California Student Aid Commission
on November 1, 2016.
As of October 31, 2016, Brooks Institute is no longer a qualifying institution under California Education Code
Section 69432.7(l)(1).
As of February 29, 2016, Bryan College is no longer a qualifying institution under California Education Code
Section 69432.7(l)(1).
As of December 22, 2016, Sage College is no longer a qualifying institution under California Education Code
Section 69432.7(l)(1).

* By law, these CDR and graduation rate thresholds only apply to qualifying institutions with more than 40 percent
of their undergraduate students borrowing federal student loans.

California Student Aid Commission

March 07, 2017