Private for-profit · Community college

Cutting Edge Academy

Succasunna, New Jersey · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $31,106
Avg net price: 80%
Grad / completion: —
Median earnings

Cutting Edge Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Succasunna, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 99 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 99 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Succasunna, New Jersey

Succasunna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, serving as the township's downtown and population center. The community was established circa 1740. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 35 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean: 28 miles
Nearest airport: 28 miles to Newark Liberty (EWR) · major hub

How Cutting Edge Academy compares

Graduation rate80%

Higher than 77% · #27 of 89 in New Jersey

First-year retention94%

Higher than 87%

Average net price$31,106

Cheaper than 7% · #73 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment99

Larger than 28%

Percentiles compare Cutting Edge Academy 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 New Jersey.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White70%
Black4.0%
Hispanic22%
Other or multiracial4.0%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 99
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 32%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 31%

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: $31,106

Outcomes

Graduated: 80%
First-year retention: 94%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: —
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 32%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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

$31,106

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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?

Cutting Edge Academy 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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 84°F
Winter low: 19°F
Annual rain: 48.8″
Annual snow: 24″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Andover Aeroflex AP, NJ US station (10.8 mi from campus).

What Cutting Edge Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

54 grads$19k 1 yr— 5 yr$10k debt

54$19,411—$9,833

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.