Ultrasound Medical Institute
For-profit College in Wellington, FL. Six-year graduation rate 25%.
Only 25% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 25% graduate within six years. Retention is strong at 89%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 184 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $33,936 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. About 69% get grants averaging $6,391, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 71% 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 · 14 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 | $33,936 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 130 of these 184 students, totalling $1,377,140 — an average of $10,593 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Palm Beach 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)