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Universal Technical Institute-Mooresville

For-profit College in Mooresville, NC. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $52,873.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Universal Technical Institute-Mooresville · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$52,873
Median debt at grad
$13,124
Graduation rate
65.3%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered Universal Technical Institute-Mooresville land at a median of $52,873 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 65% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $13,124 — modest by four-year standards.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
77%
Transfer-out rate
0%
Student:faculty
31:1

65% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 77% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The 31:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. The undergraduate body is just 1,749, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$27,938
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
74%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
63%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,749 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $27,938 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($26,542 versus $32,825), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 74% get grants averaging $4,602, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 63% 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.

% receiving grants
78%
Average grant
$5,598

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 733 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 $26,542
$30–48k $26,927
$48–75k $28,965
$75–110k $31,766
$110k+ $32,825

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 1,104 of these 1,749 students, totalling $6,621,355 — an average of $5,998 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Iredell County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,167/mo
1 bedroom
$1,222/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,340/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
377
Yellow Ribbon
Yes
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Universal Technical Institute-Mooresville

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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