Private for-profit · Community college
Graduate America College
Garland, Texas · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $14,451
- Avg net price
- 93%
- Grad / completion
- $22,178
- Median earnings
Graduate America College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Garland, Texas (large suburb setting), enrolling 62 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Garland, Texas
Garland is a city in Dallas County, Texas, with portions extending into Collin and Rockwall counties. Immigrants began arriving in the Peters colony area around 1850, but a community was not created until 1874. A rivalry between the two towns ensued as the area began to grow around the Santa Fe Railroad depot. The Granville Arts Center is a complex owned and operated by the city. Included within the complex are two proscenium theatres which seat 720 and 200, respectively. Also included as part of the complex is the Plaza Theatre, which has seating for 350. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 15 miles to Dallas, TX
- To the ocean
- 240 miles
- Nearest airport
- 14 miles to Dallas Love Field (DAL) · major hub
How Graduate America College compares
Higher than 93% · #16 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 95%
Higher than 9% · #181 of 206 in Texas
Cheaper than 53% · #96 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 12%
Larger than 17%
Percentiles compare Graduate America College 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 Texas.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White24%
- Black29%
- Hispanic35%
- Asian9.7%
- Other or multiracial1.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 62
- Student–faculty ratio
- 25 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 55%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 40%
- Median family income
- $16,480
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
- $14,451
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
- 93%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $21,972
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $22,178
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $50
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.
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?
Graduate America College 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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $22,178
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 24%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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
- 95°F
- Winter low
- 36°F
- Annual rain
- 41.9″
- Annual snow
- 0.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Richardson, TX US station (6.6 mi from campus).
What Graduate America College graduates study — and earn
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.