Blake Austin College
For-profit College in Vacaville, CA. Six-year graduation rate 89%. Median 10-year earnings $42,518.
Students who entered Blake Austin College land at a median of $42,518 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is a strength: 89% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,249 — 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 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 89% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
89% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. 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. The undergraduate body is just 336, 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 336 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $29,136 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $29,275 at $0–30k against $32,397 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 60% get grants averaging $4,227, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 59% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 59 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 | $29,275 |
| $30–48k | $28,690 |
| $48–75k | $28,732 |
| $75–110k | $31,446 |
| $110k+ | $32,397 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 197 of these 336 students, totalling $1,273,342 — an average of $6,464 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Solano County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026