Advanced Technology Institute
For-profit College in Virginia Beach, VA. Six-year graduation rate 79%. Median 10-year earnings $46,342.
Ten years after entry, the median Advanced Technology Institute student earns $46,342 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate of 79% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,873 — modest by four-year standards. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.1% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 79% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 54% of applicants are offered a place. The applicant pool is small at 480, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 43% 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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79% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention of 80% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit two-year institution, 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. At 377 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 377 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,161 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $14,906 at $0–30k against $22,500 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 49% of students receive any. 37% 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 · 117 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 | $14,906 |
| $30–48k | $14,132 |
| $48–75k | $17,645 |
| $75–110k | $20,821 |
| $110k+ | $22,500 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 139 of these 377 students, totalling $1,115,693 — an average of $8,027 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Virginia Beach City) — 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)