Spartan College
of Aeronautics and Technology
For-profit Community College in Tulsa, OK. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $49,944.
Ten years after entry, the median Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology student earns $49,944 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 51%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $16,750, neither a bargain nor a burden. On economic mobility, 4.1% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.34 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 51%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. At 707 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 707 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $29,916 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Income makes less difference than usual: $29,744 at $0–30k, $37,463 at $75–110k. 12% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Only 6% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 128 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 | $29,744 |
| $30–48k | $30,056 |
| $48–75k | $34,784 |
| $75–110k | $37,463 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 45 of these 707 students, totalling $334,973 — an average of $7,444 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tulsa County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)