American Trade School
For-profit College in Saint Ann, MO. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $47,161.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $47,161 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is a strength: 72% of students finish within six years.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 72% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Being a for-profit short-program school 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 201 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $17,505 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,421 at $0–30k, $21,380 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 68% of students at an average of $6,296. 74% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 69 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 | $17,421 |
| $30–48k | $16,541 |
| $48–75k | $19,021 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $21,380 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 148 of these 201 students, totalling $1,493,095 — an average of $10,088 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Louis County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026