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Professional Academy-Colorado Springs
For-profit College in Colorado Springs, CO. Median 10-year earnings $28,934.
Ten-year median earnings of $28,934 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,333 — 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 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 91% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 72% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 102 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,137 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $48–75k bands is narrow ($13,555 versus $15,756), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 85% receive grants worth $4,991 on average. 93% 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 · 52 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 | $13,555 |
| $30–48k | $15,717 |
| $48–75k | $15,756 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 95 of these 102 students, totalling $504,260 — an average of $5,308 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (El Paso 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)