Career Development Institute Inc
Career Development Institute Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, focuses exclusively on vocational nursing, offering an accelerated program that can be completed in 13 months. The curriculum emphasizes hands-on training through a combination of classroom instruction, simulation labs, and clinical experience. The school provides job placement assistance, resume review, and interview preparation, with approximately 85% of licensed graduates finding employment shortly after licensure.
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All Programs at Career Development Institute Inc
1 trade program at Career Development Institute, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
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Practical Nursing
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69 | $56,099/yr | $16,873 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Career Development Institute Inc using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.