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Professional Academy Maplewood
For-profit College in Maplewood, MN.
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. Retention is strong at 96%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. 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 · grant and loan rates against 121 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,935 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $21,874 at $0–30k against $24,780 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 36% of students receive any. Federal borrowing reaches 31% 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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 54 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 | $21,874 |
| $30–48k | $21,907 |
| $48–75k | $23,707 |
| $75–110k | $23,035 |
| $110k+ | $24,780 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 38 of these 121 students, totalling $172,886 — an average of $4,550 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ramsey County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026