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California Aeronautical UniversityBakersfield, CA · Private for-profit

Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew (93% of graduates). 8 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 89% of colleges. 25% of faculty are full-time. Spends $21,411 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

58 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 2 programs account for 100% of graduates; 2 programs in 1 field awarded at least one.

  1. Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew 49.010293% 54
  2. Aviation/Airway Management and Operations 49.01046.9% 4

Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a .

Top-earning majors here

By earnings 4 years after completion

  1. Business Administration, Management and Operations$62,905 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report

    4 years after completion$62,905
    National median: $68,257Below typical

    Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 0 graduates, two most recent years combined

  2. Air Transportation$52,656 1 yr out

    1 year after completion: $52,656

    4 years after completion: Too few graduates to report

    Median federal debt: $28,931 · 69 graduates, two most recent years combined

Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.

Students per faculty member vs. every college8 to 1
8 to 1
← Fewer students per facultyfewer students per faculty member than 89% of 1,892More students per faculty →

Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.

Full-time faculty25%
National median: 67%Below typical
Average faculty salary

$56,084

9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.

Spending and endowment

Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other for-profit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.

Instruction spending per student$21,411
$21,411
← Lessmore than 97% of 130More →

Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)