KD Conservatory
College of Film and Dramatic Arts
For-profit College in Dallas, TX. Six-year graduation rate 81%. Median 10-year earnings $30,187.
Ten-year median earnings of $30,187 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is a strength: 81% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,750 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 81% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts accepts 68% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is small at 44, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 57% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 81% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 69% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit two-year institution. 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 — 94 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 80 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $24,783 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $30–48k bands is narrow ($23,268 versus $27,055), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $3,586 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 43% 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 · 25 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 | $23,268 |
| $30–48k | $27,055 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 34 of these 80 students, totalling $176,825 — an average of $5,201 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dallas County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)