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Graduate America College

For-profit College in Garland, TX. Median 10-year earnings $22,178.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Graduate America College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$22,178
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Academics

Full-time retention
100%
Transfer-out rate
—
Student:faculty
25:1

This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. 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 — 109 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$14,451
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
55%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
—
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 109 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $14,451 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $13,660 at $0–30k against $15,784 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 55% get grants averaging $4,657, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price.

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.

% receiving grants
65%
Average grant
$5,010

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 37 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 $13,660
$30–48k $18,660
$48–75k $15,784
$75–110k —
$110k+ —

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Dallas County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,582/mo
1 bedroom
$1,648/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,931/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
8
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Graduate America College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
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