Concorde Career
College-Grand Prairie
For-profit College in Grand Prairie, TX. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $40,648.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,648 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 55%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie admits 100% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. Only 340 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield is high — 75% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 55%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 77% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 48% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The student-faculty ratio is 22:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,031 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $30,670 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $30,462 at $0–30k against $35,571 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 78% get grants averaging $5,106, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 74% 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 · 827 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 | $30,462 |
| $30–48k | $31,808 |
| $48–75k | $32,043 |
| $75–110k | $35,571 |
| $110k+ | $35,571 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 760 of these 1,031 students, totalling $5,371,765 — an average of $7,068 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tarrant 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)