McAllen Careers Institute
For-profit College in McAllen, TX.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. 100% 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. As a for-profit short-program school, 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 261, 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 261 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $17,356 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($17,966 versus $21,811), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $4,956 on average. 85% 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 · 261 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 | $17,966 |
| $30–48k | $14,416 |
| $48–75k | $14,926 |
| $75–110k | $21,811 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 222 of these 261 students, totalling $1,171,955 — an average of $5,279 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hidalgo County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026