The Recording
Conservatory of Austin
For-profit College in Austin, TX. Six-year graduation rate 72%.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
72% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. At 1:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit two-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 — 103 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 83 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $28,852 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Net price varies modestly by income — $26,058 at $0–30k against $31,507 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 24% of students receive any. 45% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 33 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 | $26,058 |
| $30–48k | $28,308 |
| $48–75k | $30,212 |
| $75–110k | $31,507 |
| $110k+ | $31,507 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 37 of these 83 students, totalling $351,500 — an average of $9,500 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Travis County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026