Private for-profit · Community college

Miami Ad School

Miami, Florida · Large city

#1 for grad earnings in Florida

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Transfer rate: $64,951
Avg net price: —
Grad / completion: $106,192
Median earnings

Miami Ad School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Miami, Florida (large city setting), enrolling 32 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 32 undergradsLarge cityMild wintersNear the coast

About Miami, Florida

Miami is a coastal city in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The Tequesta tribe occupied the Miami area for around 2,000 years before contact with Europeans. A village of hundreds of people, dating to 500–600 BCE, was located at the mouth of the Miami River. It is believed that the entire tribe migrated to Cuba by the mid-1700s. Miami enjoys a vibrant culture that is influenced by a diverse population from all around the world. Miami is known as the "Magic City" for seemingly popping up overnight due to its young age and massive growth. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Miami, FL
To the ocean: < 1 mile
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Miami (MIA) · major hub

How Miami Ad School compares

#25 · Colleges with the Highest Graduate Earnings

First-year retention57%

Higher than 18%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$106,192

Higher than 99% · #1 of 171 in Florida

Average net price$64,951

Cheaper than 1% · #207 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$25,967

Lower than 1%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment32

Larger than 7%

Percentiles compare Miami Ad School 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 Florida.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women1547%
Men1753%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White34%
Black3.1%
Hispanic50%
Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 32
Student–faculty ratio: 8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 21%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 70%
Median family income: $24,014

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $19,400
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $5,000
Total cost of attendance: $66,800
Average net price: $64,951

Outcomes

Graduated: —
First-year retention: 57%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $74,706
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $106,192
Median debt at graduation: $25,967
Students with federal loans: 36%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 66%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

Low-income (Pell)

33%

First-generation

59%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $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

$64,951

$30–48k

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$48–75k

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$75–110k

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$110k+

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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.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $106,192
Typical debt at graduation: $25,967
Debt vs. one year's pay: 24%
Out-earn a HS grad: 85%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$98,112

Men

$109,574

Men out-earn women by $11,462 (12%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 88°F
Winter low: 61°F
Annual rain: 57.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Miami Beach, FL US station (3.6 mi from campus).

What Miami Ad School graduates study — and earn

Design and Applied Arts

47 grads$57k 1 yr$73k 5 yr— debt

47$56,833$72,830—Film/Video and Photographic Arts

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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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.