Strayer University-District
of Columbia
For-profit College in Washington, DC. Median 10-year earnings $40,092.
Students who entered Strayer University-District of Columbia reach a median of $40,092 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 0% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation reaches $40,621, heavy enough to shape the years right after the 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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 1.01 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 0% graduate within six years. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Retention drops to 50% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The 47:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 309 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,758 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Most students get help: 93% receive grants worth $6,537 on average. 83% 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 · 1 students
Federal student loans went to 257 of these 309 students, totalling $2,306,429 — an average of $8,974 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (District of Columbia) — 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)