Cortiva Institute
For-profit College in King of Prussia, PA. Median 10-year earnings $32,094.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,094 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Median debt at graduation is $8,677, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. First-year retention is 77% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 20:1 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. At 272 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 272 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $30,400 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $29,538 at $0–30k, $33,780 at $75–110k. 22% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. About 26% 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 · 57 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 | $29,538 |
| $30–48k | $30,547 |
| $48–75k | $31,413 |
| $75–110k | $33,780 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 71 of these 272 students, totalling $427,631 — an average of $6,023 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Montgomery 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)