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Professional Academy-Delray Beach
For-profit College in Delray Beach, FL.
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. First-year retention is 71% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 5:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit short-program school 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Net price averages $28,167 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $30–48k bands is narrow ($28,407 versus $27,565), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 77% get grants averaging $4,784, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 54% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 | $28,407 |
| $30–48k | $27,565 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Palm Beach County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026