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The Landing School

Private College in Arundel, ME. Six-year graduation rate 100%. Median 10-year earnings $65,849.

Verdict Solid outcomes
The Landing School · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$65,849
Graduation rate
100%
Federal loan default
0%

A decade after enrolling, the median The Landing School student earns $65,849 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is a strength: 100% of students finish within six years.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • Graduation rate 100% — well above the national average
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
100%
Transfer-out rate
0%
Student:faculty
5:1

A 100% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 5:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. This is a small school — 43 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$37,410
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
63%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
33%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 43 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $37,410 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $30,023 at $0–30k against $37,368 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 63% get grants averaging $2,617, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 33% of students.

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.

% receiving grants
64%
Average grant
$6,819

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 11 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 $30,023
$30–48k
$48–75k
$75–110k $37,368
$110k+ $37,368

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 14 of these 43 students, totalling $89,250 — an average of $6,375 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (York County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,348/mo
1 bedroom
$1,492/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,857/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

VA caution flag

Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue

GI Bill students
14
Yellow Ribbon
Yes
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate The Landing School

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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