Paier College

Admissions

62% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool is small at 52, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 72% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.

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.

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

Academics

Six-year completion sits at 57%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 64% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit four-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. The undergraduate body is just 217, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.

Financial Aid

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $31,768 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $27,275 at $0–30k, $34,980 at $110k+. Only 42% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Borrowing is widespread: 92% take federal loans.

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.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24