Compass Career College
For-profit College in Hammond, LA. Median 10-year earnings $21,175.
Ten-year median earnings of $21,175 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,917.
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
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. A 22:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 291 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $12,019 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $12,610 at $0–30k, $18,623 at $110k+. Most students get help: 85% receive grants worth $5,069 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 62% take federal loans.
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 · 71 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 | $12,610 |
| $30–48k | $10,644 |
| $48–75k | $8,143 |
| $75–110k | $17,565 |
| $110k+ | $18,623 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 180 of these 291 students, totalling $1,267,940 — an average of $7,044 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tangipahoa Parish) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)