Strayer University-Virginia
For-profit College in Arlington, VA. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $40,092.
Students who entered Strayer University-Virginia reach a median of $40,092 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. 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)
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 33% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention is 75% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. The 38% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. The part-time picture is harder: 41% return, against 75% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,010 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,638 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Grant aid is widespread — 92% of students receive it, averaging $5,975. Borrowing is widespread: 68% take federal loans.
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 · 8 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 | $19,578 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,374 of these 2,010 students, totalling $12,610,323 — an average of $9,178 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Arlington County) — 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)