Private for-profit · Community college

Capri College-Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids, Iowa · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $16,541
Avg net price: 65%
Grad / completion: $29,307
Median earnings

Capri College-Cedar Rapids is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (midsize city setting), enrolling 129 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 129 undergradsMidsize cityCold wintersSnowy

About Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States, and the county seat. The location of present-day Cedar Rapids was in the territory of the Meskwaki and Sauk peoples at the time of European American settlement. Cedar Rapids is home to Orchestra Iowa, the Paramount Theatre, Theatre Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, McGrath Amphitheatre, and Brucemore, a National Trust Historic Site. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Cedar Rapids, IA
To Great Lakes shore: 200 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to The Eastern Iowa (CID)

How Capri College-Cedar Rapids compares

Graduation rate65%

Higher than 55% · #21 of 39 in Iowa

First-year retention92%

Higher than 85%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$29,307

Higher than 29% · #24 of 38 in Iowa

Average net price$16,541

Cheaper than 45% · #28 cheapest of 39 in Iowa

Median debt at graduation$7,600

Lower than 78%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment129

Larger than 34%

Percentiles compare Capri College-Cedar Rapids 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 Iowa.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women12093%
Men97%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White85%
Black3.9%
Hispanic1.6%
Asian0.8%
Other or multiracial8.5%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 129
Student–faculty ratio: 10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 49%
First-generation students: 35%
Students over 25: 23%
Median family income: $27,657

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 26 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Iowa100%

Most first-years stay in state — Capri College-Cedar Rapids draws overwhelmingly from Iowa.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $16,541

Outcomes

Graduated: 65%
First-year retention: 92%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $23,433
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $29,307
Median debt at graduation: $7,600
Students with federal loans: 53%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 49%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

65%

First-generation

67%

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: $50

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.

< $30k

$15,195

$30–48k

$15,229

$48–75k

$15,157

$75–110k

$19,585

$110k+

$18,281

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

25%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$266

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 25% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $266. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 59 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $29,307
Typical debt at graduation: $7,600
Debt vs. one year's pay: 26%
Out-earn a HS grad: 30%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 83°F
Winter low: 11°F
Annual rain: 35.9″
Annual snow: 34.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cedar Rapids Muni AP, IA US station (5.4 mi from campus).

What Capri College-Cedar Rapids graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

70 grads$24k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$12k debt

70$23,586$27,452$11,681 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

14 grads— 1 yr$17k 5 yr— debt

14—$16,949—

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.