SABER College
Private College in Miami, FL. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $40,816.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $40,816, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 61%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $22,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
Admissions
SABER College accepts 80% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is small at 214, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 85% 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.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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61% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is strong at 89%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. With 33% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 424 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,009 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $30–48k bands is narrow ($10,748 versus $13,278), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 89% receive grants worth $3,682 on average. 76% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 246 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 | $10,748 |
| $30–48k | $13,278 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 323 of these 424 students, totalling $3,037,492 — an average of $9,404 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Miami-Dade County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026