Which Summit College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Accounting graduates leave with a median of $7,177 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Summit College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Summit College cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $18,995 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $29,926.

How many Summit College programs report graduate pay?

7 certificate programs at Summit College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Summit College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private for-profit college
San Bernardino, CA
989 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Summit College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Practical Nursing pays the most in the first year ($43,828), and Dental Hygiene and Assisting the least ($19,964). The median program pays $37,502.

Tuition for the largest program$18,995Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$29,926After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate62%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 7 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across California. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in California
1	Practical NursingAbout 161 graduates a year	$43,828	$55,144	$17,503	36th of 41
2	Electrician TrainingAbout 260 graduates a year	$37,990	Not reported	$7,600	6th of 8
3	Environmental Control TechnologyAbout 99 graduates a year	$37,725	$58,274	$7,600	3rd of 3
4	Welding and MachiningAbout 226 graduates a year	$37,502	$50,401	$7,600	3rd of 7
5	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 35 graduates a year	$23,181	$33,087	$8,444	46th of 55
6	AccountingGraduates a year not reported	$20,055	Not reported	$7,177	4th of 5
7	Dental Hygiene and AssistingGraduates a year not reported	$19,964	$26,315	$8,405	25th of 29

Program names link to the program's own page, and California ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five California programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Practical Nursing$43,828
Electrician Training$37,990
Environmental Control Technology$37,725
Welding and Machining$37,502
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$23,181

Lowest median debt

Accounting$7,177
Electrician Training$7,600
Environmental Control Technology$7,600
Welding and Machining$7,600
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$8,405

Largest programs

Electrician TrainingAbout 260 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 226 graduates a year
Practical NursingAbout 161 graduates a year
Environmental Control TechnologyAbout 99 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 35 graduates a year

Common questions

Practical Nursing graduates earn a median of $43,828 in their first year, the most of 7 Summit College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of California rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels