The College
of Health Care Professions-Southwest Houston
For-profit College in Houston, TX. Six-year graduation rate 69%. Median 10-year earnings $33,070.
Ten-year median earnings of $33,070 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 69% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 69% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention is 71% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 23:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. This is a for-profit two-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. The undergraduate body is just 1,060, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,060 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $28,321 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $28,138 at $0–30k, $33,792 at $110k+. 75% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,799 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 72% 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 · 354 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 | $28,138 |
| $30–48k | $29,165 |
| $48–75k | $29,702 |
| $75–110k | $32,406 |
| $110k+ | $33,792 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 766 of these 1,060 students, totalling $4,465,626 — an average of $5,830 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harris 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)