Academy of
Interactive Entertainment
Private College in Lafayette, LA. Six-year graduation rate 100%.
Completion is a strength: 100% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $12,000, a light load against those earnings.
- ✓ Graduation rate 100% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Academy of Interactive Entertainment admits 43% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly three in five applicants are turned away. The applicant pool is small at 209, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 46% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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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Six-year completion runs to 100% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention is 75% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. At 113 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 113 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $21,276 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $33,429 at $0–30k, $34,382 at $75–110k. 46% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. About 54% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 44 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 | $33,429 |
| $30–48k | $30,636 |
| $48–75k | $33,480 |
| $75–110k | $34,382 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 61 of these 113 students, totalling $287,059 — an average of $4,706 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lafayette Parish) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026