Ultimate Medical Academy
Private College in Clearwater, FL. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $29,194.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $29,194, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 55%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $14,743, 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
55% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 68% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a private nonprofit two-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 34,325 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,197 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($20,284 versus $23,920), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 80% get grants averaging $6,718, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 78% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 11,339 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 | $20,284 |
| $30–48k | $21,073 |
| $48–75k | $21,846 |
| $75–110k | $23,511 |
| $110k+ | $23,920 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 26,643 of these 34,325 students, totalling $73,464,632 — an average of $2,757 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pinellas 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)