Modern Welding School
For-profit College in Schenectady, NY. Median 10-year earnings $48,703.
- ✓ 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. First-year retention of 90% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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. At 86 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 86 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,629 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $19,992 at $0–30k, $26,531 at $110k+. About 59% get grants averaging $6,228, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 57% take federal loans.
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 · 59 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 | $19,992 |
| $30–48k | $21,600 |
| $48–75k | $23,109 |
| $75–110k | $25,193 |
| $110k+ | $26,531 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 49 of these 86 students, totalling $330,900 — an average of $6,753 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Schenectady County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)