La James
International College-Cedar Falls
For-profit College in Cedar Falls, IA. Six-year graduation rate 100%. Median 10-year earnings $25,575.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $25,575, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 100% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 100% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
100% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 95% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 18:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. 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. The undergraduate body is just 69, 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 69 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,474 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($17,295 versus $20,281), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 80% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,728 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 78% 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 · 33 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 | $17,295 |
| $30–48k | $18,707 |
| $48–75k | $21,364 |
| $75–110k | $23,892 |
| $110k+ | $20,281 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 54 of these 69 students, totalling $381,454 — an average of $7,064 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Black Hawk County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026