Sierra Academy
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For-profit College in Carson City, NV.
- ✓ 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. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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. The undergraduate body is just 161, 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 161 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,760 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($13,710 versus $18,589), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 51% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,268 — common but not automatic. 59% 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 · 89 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 | $13,710 |
| $30–48k | $11,978 |
| $48–75k | $13,993 |
| $75–110k | $18,589 |
| $110k+ | $18,589 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 95 of these 161 students, totalling $674,849 — an average of $7,104 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Carson City) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026