El Cajon, CA · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
Bellus Academy-El Cajon is a private for-profit institution in El Cajon, CA, where the highest award offered is a certificate. It enrolls about 157 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 11:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: bellusacademy.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at Bellus Academy-El Cajon is $15,465 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 288 California colleges that do report one is $16,639.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grossmont College | Public | 12,163 | $1,332 |
| Cuyamaca College | Public | 7,177 | $1,346 |
| ATA College | Private for-profit | 80 | $15,590 |
| Southern California Seminary | Private nonprofit | 32 | $19,080 |
Tuition is in-state tuition for schools that report one, otherwise the published tuition for the largest program. Source: College Scorecard.
| Median earnings 10 years after enrolling | $30,807 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 72% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $6,333 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 60% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 50% |
| First-generation students | 44% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for Bellus Academy-El Cajon's largest program is $15,465 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
Bellus Academy-El Cajon enrolls about 157 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 11:1.
Bellus Academy-El Cajon is a private for-profit institution in El Cajon, CA. Its highest award is a certificate, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. Bellus Academy-El Cajon does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.
Median earnings ten years after enrolling at Bellus Academy-El Cajon are $30,807 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among Bellus Academy-El Cajon graduates who borrowed is $6,333, according to College Scorecard.