Gould's Academy
For-profit College in Memphis, TN.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. 88% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 6:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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. This is a small school — 278 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 278 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $10,188 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($10,887 versus $15,380), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 59% get grants averaging $5,341, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 56% 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 · 52 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 | $10,887 |
| $30–48k | $11,689 |
| $48–75k | $13,983 |
| $75–110k | $15,380 |
| $110k+ | $15,380 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 157 of these 278 students, totalling $1,036,503 — an average of $6,602 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Shelby County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)