Culinary Institute Inc
For-profit College in Houston, TX. Six-year graduation rate 100%. Median 10-year earnings $32,195.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,195 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate of 100% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $16,004, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 100% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 100% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Just 33% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 344 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 343 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $30,428 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $30,428 at $0–30k against $29,019 at $30–48k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 66% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,562 — common but not automatic. 55% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 3 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 | $30,428 |
| $30–48k | $29,019 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 188 of these 343 students, totalling $2,175,008 — an average of $11,569 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harris 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)