Concorde Career College-Memphis
For-profit College in Memphis, TN. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $31,599.
Students who entered Concorde Career College-Memphis reach a median of $31,599 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 55%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Concorde Career College-Memphis admits 95% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool is small at 729, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 57% 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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55% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 67% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The 32:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. 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. At 1,677 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,677 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $24,592 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $24,297 at $0–30k against $29,351 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 83% of students at an average of $5,277. Most students borrow — 80% 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 · 1,395 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 | $24,297 |
| $30–48k | $24,588 |
| $48–75k | $27,146 |
| $75–110k | $28,682 |
| $110k+ | $29,351 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,335 of these 1,677 students, totalling $9,193,766 — an average of $6,887 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Shelby County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
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VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)