Tidewater Tech-Trades
For-profit College in Norfolk, VA. Median 10-year earnings $31,657.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,657, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — 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 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 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. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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. The undergraduate body is just 514, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 514 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $26,328 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $26,248 at $0–30k, $29,882 at $110k+. About 61% get grants averaging $6,768, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 39% 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 · 183 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 | $26,248 |
| $30–48k | $26,749 |
| $48–75k | $31,796 |
| $75–110k | $24,398 |
| $110k+ | $29,882 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 198 of these 514 students, totalling $1,500,433 — an average of $7,578 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Norfolk City) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Other - CIO Problems (Eligibility)); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)