Vet Tech
Institute of Indiana
For-profit Community College in Indianapolis, IN. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $38,146.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,146 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 64% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $12,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.3 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Vet Tech Institute of Indiana accepts 75% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. Only 129 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. About 22% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 64%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate body is just 145, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 145 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,674 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $12,671 while those at $110k+ pay $23,846. 68% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,061 — common but not automatic. 83% 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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 31 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 | $12,671 |
| $30–48k | $12,426 |
| $48–75k | $17,815 |
| $75–110k | $18,948 |
| $110k+ | $23,846 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 121 of these 145 students, totalling $711,371 — an average of $5,879 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Marion 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)