Caris College
For-profit College in Jeffersonville, IN. Six-year graduation rate 63%.
63% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $8,708.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
63% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 61% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. 37% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit two-year institution 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 274 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $18,878 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. 91% of students get grant aid averaging $3,522, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 70% 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 · 80 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 | $18,903 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 191 of these 274 students, totalling $1,363,424 — an average of $7,138 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Clark County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026