Abcott Institute
For-profit College in Southfield, MI. Median 10-year earnings $33,151.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $33,151, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,411 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. 83% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 327 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 327 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,679 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $27,442 at $0–30k against $29,925 at $30–48k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 86% receive grants worth $5,805 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 72% 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 · 56 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 | $27,442 |
| $30–48k | $29,925 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 234 of these 327 students, totalling $1,504,290 — an average of $6,429 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Oakland 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)