West Coast University-Miami
For-profit College in Doral, FL. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $102,672.
Students who entered West Coast University-Miami reach a median of $102,672 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation reaches $32,946, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 33% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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 900 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $32,539 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($29,073 versus $35,522), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 69% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,354 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 89% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 5 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 | $29,073 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $33,023 |
| $75–110k | $35,522 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 799 of these 900 students, totalling $7,473,980 — an average of $9,354 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Miami-Dade 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)