Berk Trade
and Business School
For-profit College in Long Island City, NY. Median 10-year earnings $49,748.
Ten years after entry, the median Berk Trade and Business School student earns $49,748 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,333 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.13 — 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. At 12:1, 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 218, 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 218 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,499 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,063 at $0–30k, $16,563 at $110k+. Only 44% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Federal borrowing reaches 25% of students.
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 · 113 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 | $16,063 |
| $30–48k | $17,063 |
| $48–75k | $17,134 |
| $75–110k | $16,730 |
| $110k+ | $16,563 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 54 of these 218 students, totalling $443,710 — an average of $8,217 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Queens 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)