Private for-profit · Community college

Capri College-Dubuque

Dubuque, Iowa · Small city

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Transfer rate: $15,660
Avg net price: 74%
Grad / completion: $28,266
Median earnings

Capri College-Dubuque is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Dubuque, Iowa (small city setting), enrolling 165 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 165 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. Spain gained control of the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi River following the 1763 defeat of the French; the British took over all territory to the east. Dubuque is culturally part of the Upper Midwest. The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is home to museum exhibits on the culture and history of America's rivers, as well as aquariums featuring wildlife found in the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 62 miles to Cedar Rapids, IA
To Great Lakes shore: 145 miles
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Dubuque (DBQ)

How Capri College-Dubuque compares

Graduation rate74%

Higher than 68% · #16 of 39 in Iowa

First-year retention86%

Higher than 75%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$28,266

Higher than 27% · #26 of 38 in Iowa

Average net price$15,660

Cheaper than 48% · #26 cheapest of 39 in Iowa

Median debt at graduation$7,600

Lower than 78%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment165

Larger than 40%

Percentiles compare Capri College-Dubuque 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

Women15795%
Men85%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White82%
Black8.5%
Hispanic3.6%
Other or multiracial5.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 165
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 46%
First-generation students: 42%
Students over 25: 18%
Median family income: $24,000

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

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $15,660

Outcomes

Graduated: 74%
First-year retention: 86%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $24,838
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $28,266
Median debt at graduation: $7,600
Students with federal loans: 49%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 55%

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

$13,322

$30–48k

$9,913

$48–75k

$13,913

$75–110k

$19,969

$110k+

$20,162

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.

36%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$437

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 36% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $437. 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 88 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): $28,266
Typical debt at graduation: $7,600
Debt vs. one year's pay: 27%
Out-earn a HS grad: 26%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 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: 84°F
Winter low: 10°F
Annual rain: 38.8″
Annual snow: 36.1″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Dubuque L&D 11, IA US station (3.1 mi from campus).

What Capri College-Dubuque graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

92 grads$20k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$11k debt

92$19,651$25,665$11,000 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

13 grads$18k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$11k debt

13$18,176$33,672$10,940

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.