The Modern
College of Design
For-profit College in Kettering, OH. Six-year graduation rate 69%. Median 10-year earnings $42,187.
Ten years after entry, the median The Modern College of Design student earns $42,187 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 69% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $12,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
The Modern College of Design admits 92% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. Only 265 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. About 30% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
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 69% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. The 6:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Being a for-profit four-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. This is a small school — 195 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 195 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $39,422 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The income table below is the number that matters — $32,744 at $0–30k versus $43,618 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 88% of students receive it, averaging $7,549. Most students borrow — 86% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 57 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 | $32,744 |
| $30–48k | $36,016 |
| $48–75k | $41,404 |
| $75–110k | $43,044 |
| $110k+ | $43,618 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 167 of these 195 students, totalling $1,122,326 — an average of $6,721 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Montgomery County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026