Vaughn College
of Aeronautics and Technology
Private College in Flushing, NY. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $64,973.
A decade after enrolling, the median Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology student earns $64,973 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate is 40%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $21,125 in debt — in line with the national norm. It also moves people — 16.4% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Mobility score 16.4 — top quartile among US colleges
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 40%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. 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 23% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,103 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $40,301 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($38,079 versus $43,008), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 75% get grants averaging $6,978, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 51% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 189 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 | $38,079 |
| $30–48k | $40,001 |
| $48–75k | $41,305 |
| $75–110k | $43,077 |
| $110k+ | $43,008 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 559 of these 1,103 students, totalling $2,099,519 — an average of $3,756 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Queens 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)