Arlington Career Institute
For-profit College in Arlington, TX. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $36,674.
Students who entered Arlington Career Institute reach a median of $36,674 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is a strength: 73% of students finish within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $8,347.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 73% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 34:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. 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 639 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 639 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $24,767 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $24,303 at $0–30k, $26,510 at $75–110k. 60% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,600 — common but not automatic. 38% 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 · 528 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 | $24,303 |
| $30–48k | $25,772 |
| $48–75k | $26,418 |
| $75–110k | $26,510 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 242 of these 639 students, totalling $1,502,820 — an average of $6,210 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tarrant 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)