ATA College-Cincinnati
For-profit College in Cincinnati, OH. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $34,577.
Ten-year median earnings of $34,577 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 63% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $21,030, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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 0.61 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 63%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Transfer-out runs to 19% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate body is just 264, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 264 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,451 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $26,339 at $0–30k, $29,920 at $110k+. 83% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,202 — common but not automatic. 95% 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 · 20 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 | $26,339 |
| $30–48k | $26,339 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $29,920 |
| $110k+ | $29,920 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 252 of these 264 students, totalling $1,791,311 — an average of $7,108 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hamilton County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026