Private for-profit · Community college
Academy of Career Training
Kissimmee, Florida · Small city
- 4%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 82%
- Grad / completion
- $22,029
- Median earnings
Academy of Career Training is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Kissimmee, Florida (small city setting), enrolling 100 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Kissimmee, Florida
Kissimmee is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. The modern town, the county seat of Osceola County, was founded before the Civil War by the Bass, Johnson and Overstreet families. Its growth can be credited to Hamilton Disston of Philadelphia, who based his four-million acre (8,000 km2) drainage operation out of the town. Osceola Heritage Park is an event facility featuring a concert arena (Silver Spurs Arena) and professional sports stadium (Osceola County Stadium). The Silver Spurs Arena has hosted many acts, from Hilary Duff and Bob Dylan to an annual rodeo. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 16 miles to Orlando, FL
- To the ocean
- 42 miles
- Nearest airport
- 12 miles to Orlando (MCO) · major hub
How Academy of Career Training compares
Higher than 80% · #53 of 211 in Florida
Higher than 70%
Higher than 9% · #151 of 171 in Florida
Lower than 94%
Lower than 82%
Larger than 28%
Percentiles compare Academy of Career Training with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Florida.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women6363%
- Men3737%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White35%
- Black9.0%
- Hispanic56%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 100
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 22%
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Students over 25
- 33%
- Median family income
- $12,165
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 82%
- First-year retention
- 83%
- Transferred to another college
- 4%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $17,424
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $22,029
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,105
- Students with federal loans
- 32%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 37%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Academy of Career Training funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $22,029
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,105
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 28%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 29%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $7,227 (33%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 48°F
- Annual rain
- 52.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Kissimmee 2, FL US station (2.3 mi from campus).
What Academy of Career Training graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.