2012 Annual Report Summary

The Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (Bureau) exists to promote and protect the interests of students and consumers through the oversight and regulation of California’s private postsecondary educational institutions. Among the oversight activities carried out by the Bureau to ensure that covered institutions operate in accordance with the law, the Bureau requires institutions to submit an Annual Report as a part of the ongoing compliance program. The Annual Report is due by September 1 of each year, and is required to include specific information related to the educational programs offered by the institution in the reporting period.

There are 1,197 institutions that were required to submit a 2012 Annual Report to the Bureau. Of these institutions, 785 submitted Annual Reports prior to the deadline. For the institutions that submitted within the Bureau’s deadlines, the Bureau was able to draw some conclusions about the sector. The information contained in this Annual Report Summary is based on self-reported data from reporting institutions; the information has not been independently verified by the Bureau.

The 785 institutions that submitted an online Annual Report prior to the deadline are serving a combined 316,372 students. The vast majority (208,372) of these students are enrolled in diploma and/or certificate programs. The types of Diplomas and Certificate programs offered by theses institutions run the gamut, and include such programs as Cosmetology, Vocational Nursing, Truck Driving, and Computer Training. In 2012, ten percent (10%) of students were enrolled in Bachelor programs, and a combined three percent were enrolled in Graduate-level degree programs.

The 785 institutions that submitted an online Annual Report prior to the Bureau deadline reported a combined 177,321 students graduating on-time. An estimated 67% of those students received Diplomas and Certificates. Associate degrees were granted to approximately 4 percent of students and 3 percent of students received a Baccalaureate degree. Graduate-level degrees were awarded to just 3 percent of the 2012 graduating students.

The reported data allowed the Bureau to calculate the percentage of students who graduated their program on-time, organized by the degree offered:

The following chart shows the 785 Bureau-approved Annual Reporting institutions broken down by Certificate/Diploma versus degree and separated by accredited and non-accredited. There are 367 (46%) institutions that are accredited through an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. Of the 366 accredited institutions, 236 are issuing Certificates or Diplomas and 130 institutions are degree-granting. As shown, 419 non-accredited institutions filed a 2012 Annual Report, and 94 of these institutions are issuing degrees at an Associate degree level or higher.

As show in the chart below, as reported to the Bureau, 130 accredited degree-granting institutions are offering a combined 422 Baccalaureate degree programs, 169 Master degree programs, and 43 Doctorate programs. The 94 non-accredited degree-granting institutions are offering 154 Baccalaureate degree programs, 219 Master programs and 128 Doctorate programs.

Based on the information contained in the Annual Reports, the Bureau was able to determine the average program costs of the reporting institutions. The chart below shows the average total charges of programs offered by reporting Bureau-approved institutions.

The Bureau collected information regarding institutional participation in financial aid programs. According to reported data, 300 Bureau-approved institutions participate in Federal Title IV Financial Aid Programs, 339 participate in Federal veteran's financial aid programs, and 360 participate in California aid programs.

The 2012 Annual Report marks the third year of institutional reporting to the Bureau. Under the authority provided to the Bureau in California Education Code (CEC) §94934, institutions were required to submit: the total number of students enrolled by level of degree or diploma; the number of degrees and diplomas awarded; the degrees and diplomas offered; the total charges for each education program; along with other required data. CEC §94934 also provides the Bureau the authority to add additional reporting elements as reasonably required to ascertain compliance with the law. The vast majority of the 2012 Annual Report information was collected through the Bureau's website. The information submitted through the Bureau's website was placed into an Excel spreadsheet organized by institutional program offering. The complete spreadsheet can be accessed through the link below.

2012 Annual Report Spreadsheet

To assist in reviewing the annual report spreadsheet, viewers may wish to download and print a copy of the 2012 Annual Report document, the link is provided below.

2012 Annual Report

In addition to the information and data elements collected through the Bureau’s website, institutions were required to submit the School Performance Fact Sheet and the School Catalog. These documents, along with the hardcopy of Annual Reports from institutions that did not submit their information through the Bureau website or submitted after the deadline, can be found below. Institutions are listed in alphabetical order by institution name.

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