Blue Cliff College-Gulfport
For-profit College in Gulfport, MS. Six-year graduation rate 70%. Median 10-year earnings $22,177.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $22,177, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 70% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,500.
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
70% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention is weak: only 13% of full-time first-years return, so roughly nine in ten leave after one year. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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 430 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 430 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,252 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The income table below is the number that matters — $8,252 at $0–30k versus $24,639 at $48–75k. Grant aid reaches 66% of students at an average of $4,096. Most students borrow — 62% 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 · 18 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 | $8,252 |
| $30–48k | $26,331 |
| $48–75k | $24,639 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 268 of these 430 students, totalling $1,612,776 — an average of $6,018 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harrison 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)