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College-West Palm Beach
For-profit College in West Palm Beach, FL. Six-year graduation rate 51%.
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 51%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 61% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 21:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. The undergraduate body is just 895, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Students pay $34,474 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $34,429 at $0–30k, $39,731 at $75–110k. Most students get help: 99% receive grants worth $5,364 on average. 66% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 | $34,429 |
| $30–48k | $34,167 |
| $48–75k | $36,143 |
| $75–110k | $39,731 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Palm Beach County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026