Jna Institute
of Culinary Arts
For-profit College in Philadelphia, PA. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $32,286.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,286 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 60%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $8,209, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 60%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The 4:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 31, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 31 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,404 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $17,875 at $0–30k against $20,438 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $8,223, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 100% 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 · 15 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 | $17,875 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $25,522 |
| $75–110k | $20,438 |
| $110k+ | $20,438 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 31 of these 31 students, totalling $174,342 — an average of $5,624 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Philadelphia County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026