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Academy Guilford
For-profit College in Guilford, CT.
- ✓ 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 12:1 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. The undergraduate body is just 87, 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 87 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $16,693 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $14,205 at $0–30k against $20,006 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 45% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Borrowing is widespread: 64% take federal loans.
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 · 33 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 | $14,205 |
| $30–48k | $15,323 |
| $48–75k | $15,460 |
| $75–110k | $22,116 |
| $110k+ | $20,006 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 56 of these 87 students, totalling $322,053 — an average of $5,751 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (South Central Connecticut Planning Region) — 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)