Dawn Career
Institute LLC
For-profit College in Newark, DE. Median 10-year earnings $30,429.
Students who entered Dawn Career Institute LLC reach a median of $30,429 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 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 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 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. Retention is strong at 91%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The student-faculty ratio is 21:1 — 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 503 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,849 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $14,814 at $0–30k against $16,694 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 90% receive grants worth $3,975 on average. Most students borrow — 67% 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 · 206 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 | $14,814 |
| $30–48k | $14,717 |
| $48–75k | $15,186 |
| $75–110k | $16,694 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 339 of these 503 students, totalling $2,111,411 — an average of $6,228 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (New Castle 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)