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Professional Academy-Melbourne
For-profit College in Melbourne, FL. Median 10-year earnings $16,515.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $16,515, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $7,528, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Retention is strong at 94%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 190 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 190 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,479 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $12,856 at $0–30k against $17,610 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 46% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 54% 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 · 73 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 | $12,856 |
| $30–48k | $15,087 |
| $48–75k | $15,145 |
| $75–110k | $17,610 |
| $110k+ | $17,610 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 103 of these 190 students, totalling $572,747 — an average of $5,561 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Brevard 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)