Ross Medical
Education Center-Fort Wayne
For-profit College in Fort Wayne, IN. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $30,072.
Ten-year median earnings of $30,072 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 59% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 59%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 56% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. A 39:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. 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 — 229 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 229 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,429 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $19,536 at $0–30k, $21,258 at $75–110k. 66% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,945 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 62% 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 · 111 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 | $19,536 |
| $30–48k | $19,711 |
| $48–75k | $19,681 |
| $75–110k | $21,258 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 141 of these 229 students, totalling $903,738 — an average of $6,409 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allen County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026