Urban College
of Boston
Private College in Boston, MA. Median 10-year earnings $35,472.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $35,472, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 0% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 0% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is weak: only 36% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in three leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Unusually, part-time retention (56%) beats full-time, pointing to a student body that is part-time by design. A 6:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 367 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,455 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $3,825.
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 · 9 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 | $6,957 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Suffolk County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026