Automotive Training Center-Exton
For-profit College in Exton, PA. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $51,112.
Students who entered Automotive Training Center-Exton land at a median of $51,112 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 68% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $15,665.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
68% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention is 67% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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. At 551 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 551 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,675 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,554 at $0–30k, $18,397 at $110k+. About 82% get grants averaging $10,808, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 54% 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 · 219 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 | $11,554 |
| $30–48k | $11,220 |
| $48–75k | $13,062 |
| $75–110k | $17,872 |
| $110k+ | $18,397 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 296 of these 551 students, totalling $2,093,600 — an average of $7,073 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Chester 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)