Private for-profit · Community college
Blue Cliff College-Metairie
Metairie, Louisiana · Midsize city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $9,863
- Avg net price
- 56%
- Grad / completion
- $22,177
- Median earnings
Blue Cliff College-Metairie is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Metairie, Louisiana (midsize city setting), enrolling 291 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Metairie, Louisiana
Metairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area. Métairie (French:) is the French term for a small tenant farm which paid the landlord with a share of the produce, a practice also known as sharecropping (in French, métayage). Jefferson Parish Library operates public libraries. The East Bank Regional Library, which houses the library system's headquarters, is in Metairie. Other public libraries in Metairie include the Lakeshore Library, the Old Metairie Library, and the Wagner Library. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 7 miles to New Orleans, LA
- To the ocean
- 2 miles
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY) · major hub
How Blue Cliff College-Metairie compares
Higher than 44% · #46 of 73 in Louisiana
Higher than 95%
Higher than 9% · #45 of 61 in Louisiana
Cheaper than 71% · #15 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana
Lower than 57%
Lower than 21%
Larger than 53%
Percentiles compare Blue Cliff College-Metairie 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 Louisiana.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women25387%
- Men3813%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White7.2%
- Black84%
- Hispanic4.1%
- Other or multiracial4.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 291
- Student–faculty ratio
- 22 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 76%
- First-generation students
- 64%
- Students over 25
- 53%
- Median family income
- $11,179
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $9,863
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 56%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $20,197
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $22,177
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Students with federal loans
- 75%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 45%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Blue Cliff College-Metairie 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)
- $22,177
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 43%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 19%
Typical debt would take roughly 4.3 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 $7,250 (34%) 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
- 91°F
- Winter low
- 46°F
- Annual rain
- 63.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, New Orleans Intl AP, LA US station (4.7 mi from campus).
What Blue Cliff College-Metairie 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.