PCI Academy-Iowa City
For-profit College in Iowa City, IA. Six-year graduation rate 71%. Median 10-year earnings $31,330.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,330, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 71% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $5,828.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 71% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 92% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 158 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,943 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($20,690 versus $21,389), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 73% get grants averaging $3,588, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 56% 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 · 51 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 | $20,690 |
| $30–48k | $20,684 |
| $48–75k | $20,591 |
| $75–110k | $21,269 |
| $110k+ | $21,389 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 89 of these 158 students, totalling $781,328 — an average of $8,779 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Johnson County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026