Rancho Mirage, CA · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
California Nurses Educational Institute is a private for-profit institution in Rancho Mirage, CA, where the highest award offered is a certificate. It enrolls about 200 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 17:1. 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: www.cnei.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at California Nurses Educational Institute is $33,500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Mirage | Private for-profit | 305 | $26,444 |
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 | $46,895 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 80% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $16,941 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 57% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 66% |
| First-generation students | 58% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for California Nurses Educational Institute's largest program is $33,500 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.
California Nurses Educational Institute enrolls about 200 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1.
California Nurses Educational Institute is a private for-profit institution in Rancho Mirage, CA. Its highest award is a certificate, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. California Nurses Educational Institute 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 California Nurses Educational Institute are $46,895 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among California Nurses Educational Institute graduates who borrowed is $16,941, according to College Scorecard.