Academy of
Interactive Entertainment
Private College in Seattle, WA. Six-year graduation rate 84%.
84% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $12,000, a light load against those earnings.
- ✓ Graduation rate 84% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 42% of applicants are offered a place. Only 125 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield is high — 58% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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84% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. As a private nonprofit two-year college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. At 76 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 76 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $34,060 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $29,494 at $0–30k against $37,446 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 46% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. 54% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 58 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 | $29,494 |
| $30–48k | $30,449 |
| $48–75k | $31,238 |
| $75–110k | $37,129 |
| $110k+ | $37,446 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 41 of these 76 students, totalling $305,947 — an average of $7,462 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (King 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)