Centura College-Norfolk
For-profit College in Norfolk, VA. Six-year graduation rate 73%. Median 10-year earnings $25,930.
Ten-year median earnings of $25,930 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate of 73% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,750 — modest by four-year standards.
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
73% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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. This is a small school — 193 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 193 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $30,770 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($30,546 versus $32,531), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 57% get grants averaging $5,087, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 42% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 51 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 | $30,546 |
| $30–48k | $34,379 |
| $48–75k | $36,328 |
| $75–110k | $27,862 |
| $110k+ | $32,531 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 82 of these 193 students, totalling $627,126 — an average of $7,648 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Norfolk City) — 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)