Capitol Technology University
Private College in Laurel, MD. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $85,035.
Students who entered Capitol Technology University reach a median of $85,035 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate is 43%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $20,264, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
74% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool is small at 616, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 17% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 43% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 77% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 259 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,863 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,682 at $0–30k against $25,778 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 96% of students get grant aid averaging $15,898, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 49% 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 · 69 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 | $19,682 |
| $30–48k | $17,134 |
| $48–75k | $15,161 |
| $75–110k | $27,961 |
| $110k+ | $25,778 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 126 of these 259 students, totalling $925,260 — an average of $7,343 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Prince George's 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)