Atlanta Institute
of Music and Media
For-profit Community College in Duluth, GA. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $31,186.
Students who entered Atlanta Institute of Music and Media reach a median of $31,186 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 33% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $15,411, a light load against those earnings.
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
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 33% graduate within six years. Retention of 72% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. At 15:1, 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 331 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $36,695 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($37,302 versus $39,924), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 73% of students at an average of $3,181. Borrowing is widespread: 69% 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 · 90 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 | $37,302 |
| $30–48k | $38,103 |
| $48–75k | $39,464 |
| $75–110k | $39,842 |
| $110k+ | $39,924 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 228 of these 331 students, totalling $1,773,253 — an average of $7,777 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Gwinnett 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)