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Gould's Academy

Bartlett, Tennessee · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$19,261
Avg net price
84%
Grad / completion
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Median earnings

Gould's Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Bartlett, Tennessee (large suburb setting), enrolling 135 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 135 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Bartlett, Tennessee

Bartlett is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. Bartlett, originally called "Union Depot", first served as the last major Tennessean depot along the westward stagecoach route from Nashville. It later shifted to serve as a rail station after the stagecoach route was replaced by the Memphis & Ohio Railroad. The Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center, also known as BPACC, was finished in 1999 where it held its first show by Art Garfunkel. BPACC is located at 3663 Appling Road, directly across the street from the Bartlett Police Station and Appling Middle School. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
15 miles to Memphis, TN
To the ocean
325 miles
Nearest airport
15 miles to Memphis (MEM) · major hub

How Gould's Academy compares

Graduation rate84%

Higher than 82% · #12 of 81 in Tennessee

First-year retention93%

Higher than 85%

Average net price$19,261

Cheaper than 35% · #62 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee

Median debt at graduation$7,767

Lower than 77%

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment135

Larger than 35%

Percentiles compare Gould's 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 Tennessee.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White46%
  • Black36%
  • Hispanic11%
  • Other or multiracial7.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
135
Student–faculty ratio
7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
56%
First-generation students
40%
Students over 25
28%
Median family income
$20,878

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 27 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Tennessee96%
  • Other U.S. states3.7%

Most first-years stay in state — Gould's Academy draws overwhelmingly from Tennessee.

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
$19,261

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
84%
First-year retention
93%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$21,247
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
—
Median debt at graduation
$7,767
Students with federal loans
53%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$100

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.

< $30k
$18,950
$30–48k
$16,304
$48–75k
—
$75–110k
$23,699
$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?

Gould's 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
91°F
Winter low
30°F
Annual rain
57.2″
Annual snow
2.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.95.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Memphis Wfo, TN US station (5.3 mi from campus).

What Gould's Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
144 grads$20k 1 yr$25k 5 yr$10k debt
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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.