Rudy & Kelly Academy,
A Paul Mitchell Partner School
For-profit College in Virginia Beach, VA. Median 10-year earnings $24,176.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $24,176, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 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 88% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Being a for-profit short-program school 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. The undergraduate body is just 276, 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 276 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,939 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $13,563 while those at $110k+ pay $22,335. 47% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. About 49% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 32 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 | $13,563 |
| $30–48k | $17,405 |
| $48–75k | $17,742 |
| $75–110k | $22,092 |
| $110k+ | $22,335 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 136 of these 276 students, totalling $1,059,884 — an average of $7,793 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Virginia Beach City) — 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)