Sumner College
For-profit College in Portland, OR. Six-year graduation rate 83%. Median 10-year earnings $46,639.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $46,639 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 83% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $16,500 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 83% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 89%, Sumner College takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool is small at 18, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 88% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 83% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 791 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $27,232 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $26,094 at $0–30k against $32,497 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 39% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 64% 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 · 59 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 | $26,094 |
| $30–48k | $32,497 |
| $48–75k | $29,338 |
| $75–110k | $31,635 |
| $110k+ | $32,497 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 503 of these 791 students, totalling $4,898,380 — an average of $9,738 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Multnomah 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)