Ace Institute
of Technology
For-profit College in New York, NY. Six-year graduation rate 62%.
62% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $6,471, a light load against those earnings.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 62%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention of 83% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 395 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $41,295 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($40,814 versus $40,954), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 58% of students at an average of $5,760. 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 · 144 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 | $40,814 |
| $30–48k | $40,842 |
| $48–75k | $42,611 |
| $75–110k | $40,954 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 286 of these 395 students, totalling $1,766,031 — an average of $6,175 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (New York 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)