Strayer University-Maryland
For-profit College in Baltimore, MD. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $40,092.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,092 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 38% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. 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
A six-year graduation rate of 38% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. 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 57% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 47:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,177 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $24,658 annually once grants are applied. Most students get help: 91% receive grants worth $6,131 on average. 73% 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 865 of these 1,177 students, totalling $8,068,911 — an average of $9,328 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Prince George's County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026