University of
the Potomac-VA Campus
For-profit College in FALLS CHURCH, VA. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $34,961.
Students who entered University of the Potomac-VA Campus reach a median of $34,961 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 50%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,769 — 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 50% finish inside six years. Retention of 67% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a for-profit four-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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 177 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Fairfax 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)