Blue Cliff
Career College
For-profit College in Mobile, AL. Median 10-year earnings $21,365.
Students who entered Blue Cliff Career College reach a median of $21,365 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,917 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 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. 81% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. 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. This is a small school — 137 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 137 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,275 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $12,573 at $0–30k against $15,870 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 53% get grants averaging $5,252, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 45% 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 · 64 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 | $12,573 |
| $30–48k | $15,770 |
| $48–75k | $15,862 |
| $75–110k | $15,870 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 62 of these 137 students, totalling $437,468 — an average of $7,056 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mobile 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)