Bellus Academy
For-profit College in Manhattan, KS. Median 10-year earnings $25,223.
Students who entered Bellus Academy reach a median of $25,223 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Median debt at graduation is $7,917, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. First-year retention of 86% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. 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 335, 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 335 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $27,456 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($26,263 versus $30,554), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 73% of students at an average of $4,310. Borrowing is widespread: 55% 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 · 102 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 | $26,263 |
| $30–48k | $21,411 |
| $48–75k | $25,409 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $30,554 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 184 of these 335 students, totalling $1,356,647 — an average of $7,373 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Riley 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)