Ameritas College
Private College in Huntington, WV. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $21,783.
Students who entered Ameritas College reach a median of $21,783 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 25% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,604, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.99 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 25% graduate within six years. 82% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 25% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 209 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,422 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,503 at $0–30k against $12,706 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 91% of students get grant aid averaging $8,185, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 75% 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 · 22 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 | $9,503 |
| $30–48k | $7,016 |
| $48–75k | $12,706 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 157 of these 209 students, totalling $1,317,794 — an average of $8,394 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cabell 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)