Private for-profit · Community college

Dolce The Academy

Waterbury, Connecticut · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $15,318
Avg net price: 56%
Grad / completion: —
Median earnings

Dolce The Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Waterbury, Connecticut (midsize city setting), enrolling 44 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 44 undergradsMidsize cityCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The land was originally inhabited by the Algonquin bands. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", by James Thurber, is set in Waterbury in the 1930s. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 16 miles to New Haven, CT
To the ocean: 17 miles
Nearest airport: 20 miles to Tweed New Haven (HVN)

How Dolce The Academy compares

Graduation rate56%

Higher than 43% · #20 of 23 in Connecticut

First-year retention92%

Higher than 84%

Average net price$15,318

Cheaper than 49% · #8 cheapest of 23 in Connecticut

Median debt at graduation$9,833

Lower than 48%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment44

Larger than 11%

Percentiles compare Dolce The 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 Connecticut.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White20%
Black16%
Hispanic64%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 44
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 70%
First-generation students: 76%
Students over 25: 36%
Median family income: $8,526

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: $15,318

Outcomes

Graduated: 56%
First-year retention: 92%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: —
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: $9,833
Students with federal loans: 71%

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

$15,318

$30–48k

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$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?

Dolce The 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: 44.9″
Annual snow: 38.6″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Meriden Markham Muni AP, CT US station (8.7 mi from campus).

What Dolce The Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

31 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$10k debt

31——$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.