Career Schools
of Texas
For-profit College in Houston, TX. Median 10-year earnings $21,262.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $21,262, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,000.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.61 — elevated (above 0.60)
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. Retention of 73% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. At 37:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. 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. The undergraduate body is just 891, 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 891 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $28,639 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $28,680 at $0–30k, $15,514 at $75–110k. Grant aid is widespread — 90% of students receive it, averaging $3,234. 90% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 253 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 | $28,680 |
| $30–48k | $28,153 |
| $48–75k | $29,140 |
| $75–110k | $15,514 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 805 of these 891 students, totalling $3,087,507 — an average of $3,835 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harris 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)