Grabber School
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For-profit College in St. Louis, MO. Median 10-year earnings $27,109.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $27,109, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,830.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — 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. Just 56% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Part-time retention runs ahead at 93% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 392 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,811 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $7,674 at $0–30k against $15,302 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 42% of students receive any. Federal borrowing reaches 47% of students.
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 · 89 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 | $7,674 |
| $30–48k | $12,082 |
| $48–75k | $14,495 |
| $75–110k | $15,302 |
| $110k+ | $15,302 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 184 of these 392 students, totalling $1,498,686 — an average of $8,145 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Louis County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026