Maestro College
For-profit Community College in Dallas, TX. Six-year graduation rate 82%. Median 10-year earnings $33,559.
Ten-year median earnings of $33,559 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 82% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 82% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 82% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 89% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 20:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. This is a small school — 115 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 115 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,046 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($17,017 versus $22,010), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 74% of students at an average of $4,933. Most students borrow — 71% 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 · 85 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 | $17,017 |
| $30–48k | $15,107 |
| $48–75k | $20,868 |
| $75–110k | $22,010 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 82 of these 115 students, totalling $472,205 — an average of $5,759 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
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications), Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School has an accreditation issue; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)