Career Programs at CET-Santa Maria

Largest Vocational Programs

The largest vocational programs at CET-Santa Maria is Medical/Clinical Assistant. Its 2023 tuition and fees are $15,249 and the national average is $16,239.

Its tuition is similar than national average of Medical/Clinical Assistant program. The length of the program is 900 contact hours ( or credit hours) and the average time to complete is 8 months.

The following table shows the 3 largest vocational programs at CET-Santa Maria with tuition, fees, and completion time for each program.

3 Largest Career Programs at CET-Santa Maria
	Program	2023 Tuition & Fees	National Average	Books & Supplies Costs	Program Length	Average Completion Time
1	Medical/Clinical Assistant	$15,249	$16,239	-	900 Contact Hours	8 Months
2	Building Construction Technology	$15,249	$12,247	-	900 Contact Hours	8 Months
3	Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry	$15,249	$13,329	-	900 Contact Hours	8 Months

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at CET-Santa Maria is $15,249 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all career programs and costs for some program may quietly differ from the average cost.

CET-Santa Maria offers the alternative tuition plans .

52% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $12,415 (exclude student loans).

CET-Santa Maria 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$15,249
Books & Supplies	-
Off-Campus Room & Board	$14,820
Off-Campus Expenses	$4,050
Average Financial Amount	$12,415

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

CET-Santa Maria offers 4 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 73 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at CET-Santa Maria
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	1	0
2 Years Certificate	3	73
Total	4	73

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

73 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate
1-2 Years Certificate

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor	✕	0	-
	Total	0

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Construction Trades [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Building Construction Technology	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	44	-
Business [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry	✕	25	-
	Total	73

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 109 students are attending at CET-Santa Maria. There are 2 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 5 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1 (5.56%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 8 (full-time) and 5 (part-time).

CET-Santa Maria 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	109
Number of Faculty	7
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

Student Population at CET-Santa Maria

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 116 students enrolled into CET-Santa Maria. By gender, 20 male and 96 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for CET-Santa Maria.

Student Population By Gender
CET-Santa Maria
	Total	Male	Female
Total	116	20	96
Full-time	116	20	96

There are 2 White (1.72%), 111 Hispanic (95.69%), 3 Asian (2.59%), and 111 students with other races attending CET-Santa Maria.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at CET-Santa Maria
	Total	Male	Female
Total	116	20	96
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	3	0	3
Black/African American	0	0	0
Hispanic	111	19	92
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	2	1	1
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	0	0	0
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

By age range, at CET-Santa Maria, 41 students are aged 20 to 24 (35.34% of total students), 47 students are aged below 20 (40.52%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at CET-Santa Maria
	Total	Male	Female
Total	116	20	96
Under 18	8	3	5
Age 18-19	39	9	30
Age 20-21	21	2	19
Age 22-24	20	2	18
Age 25-29	17	2	15
Age 30-34	5	0	5
Age 35-39	5	1	4
Age 40-49	1	1	0

Directory Information

The following list shows the contact and directory information of CET-Santa Maria.

509 W Morrison Ave, Santa Maria, CA

408-287-7924

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

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