Douglas Education Center
For-profit College in Monessen, PA. Six-year graduation rate 88%. Median 10-year earnings $30,814.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $30,814, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 88% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 88% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
88% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 83% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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 200 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 200 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $25,167 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $24,076 at the $0–30k band to $32,370 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 55% of students at an average of $7,166. 67% 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 · 103 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 | $24,076 |
| $30–48k | $24,212 |
| $48–75k | $28,247 |
| $75–110k | $28,789 |
| $110k+ | $32,370 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 134 of these 200 students, totalling $848,536 — an average of $6,332 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Westmoreland 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)