Austin Career Institute,
LLC
For-profit College in Austin, TX.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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. The undergraduate body is just 344, 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 344 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $16,530 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($16,247 versus $20,372), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 50% get grants averaging $5,426, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 54% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 230 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 | $16,247 |
| $30–48k | $16,622 |
| $48–75k | $17,367 |
| $75–110k | $20,372 |
| $110k+ | $20,372 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 187 of these 344 students, totalling $942,661 — an average of $5,041 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Travis 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)