University of
the Potomac-Washington DC Campus
For-profit College in Washington, DC. Six-year graduation rate 27%. Median 10-year earnings $34,961.
Ten-year median earnings of $34,961 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 27% graduate within six years. 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
- ! Graduation rate 27% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 27% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit four-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 266 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
No average net price is published here, so the cost side of this page is incomplete. Treat the participation rates as a signal about aid, not about price. Only 38% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 9% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Federal student loans went to 25 of these 266 students, totalling $6,600 — an average of $264 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (District of Columbia) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Audit - Severe Findings); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)