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For-profit College in Albuquerque, NM.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 89 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,520 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,618 at $0–30k, $23,278 at $75–110k. 54% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,253 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 56% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 32 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $17,618 |
| $30–48k | $23,004 |
| $48–75k | $23,278 |
| $75–110k | $23,278 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 50 of these 89 students, totalling $586,952 — an average of $11,739 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bernalillo County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)