Career Technical Institute
For-profit Community College in Washington, DC. Six-year graduation rate 69%. Median 10-year earnings $30,227.
Students who entered Career Technical Institute reach a median of $30,227 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 69% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $7,917, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
69% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 38% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. A 25:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. 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 531 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 509 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $20,867 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $20,867 at $0–30k against $21,317 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 85% receive grants worth $7,509 on average. Most students borrow — 83% 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 · 331 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 | $20,867 |
| $30–48k | $21,017 |
| $48–75k | $21,317 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 420 of these 509 students, totalling $2,646,000 — an average of $6,300 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (District of Columbia) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026