Private for-profit · Community college
North American Trade Schools
Baltimore, Maryland · Large suburb
- 1%
- Transfer rate
- $8,597
- Avg net price
- 69%
- Grad / completion
- $39,756
- Median earnings
North American Trade Schools is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Baltimore, Maryland (large suburb setting), enrolling 534 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. One Paleo-Indian site and several Archaic period and Woodland period archaeological sites have been identified in Baltimore, including four from the Late Woodland period. Baltimore has historically been a working-class port town, sometimes dubbed a "city of neighborhoods". It comprises 72 designated historic districts traditionally occupied by distinct ethnic groups. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 8 miles to Baltimore, MD
- To the ocean
- 8 miles
- Nearest airport
- 10 miles to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) · major hub
How North American Trade Schools compares
Higher than 61% · #8 of 38 in Maryland
Higher than 72%
Higher than 68% · #14 of 38 in Maryland
Cheaper than 76% · #5 cheapest of 40 in Maryland
Lower than 81%
Lower than 73%
Larger than 63%
Percentiles compare North American Trade Schools 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 Maryland.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women418%
- Men49392%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White23%
- Black65%
- Hispanic3.2%
- Asian1.1%
- Other or multiracial7.9%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 534
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 33%
- First-generation students
- 56%
- Students over 25
- 90%
- Median family income
- $13,362
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
- $8,597
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
- 69%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Transferred to another college
- 1%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $43,206
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $39,756
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,338
- Students with federal loans
- 49%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 24%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
- $25
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%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (534 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
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?
North American Trade Schools 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)
- $39,756
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,338
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 18%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 44%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
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.
Men out-earn women by $5,051 (14%) 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
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 27°F
- Annual rain
- 43.7″
- Annual snow
- 19.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cylburn, MD US station (6 mi from campus).
What North American Trade Schools 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.