Schilling-Douglas School
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For-profit College in Newark, DE. Median 10-year earnings $27,420.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $27,420, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,833.
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
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Retention of 65% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Part-time retention runs ahead at 78% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 286 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $18,896 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $18,079 at $0–30k against $23,297 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 44% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. 57% 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 · 61 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 | $18,079 |
| $30–48k | $19,173 |
| $48–75k | $19,751 |
| $75–110k | $19,904 |
| $110k+ | $23,297 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 162 of these 286 students, totalling $983,082 — an average of $6,068 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (New Castle County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026