Blue Cliff College-Lafayette
For-profit College in Lafayette, LA. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $22,177.
Ten-year median earnings of $22,177 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 39% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 39% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention is 61% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 290 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $17,773 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. About 80% get grants averaging $4,453, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 76% 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 · 5 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 | $17,773 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 220 of these 290 students, totalling $1,407,186 — an average of $6,396 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lafayette Parish) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026