Private for-profit · Community college
Pivot Point Academy
Bloomingdale, Illinois · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $9,920
- Avg net price
- 91%
- Grad / completion
- $30,453
- Median earnings
Pivot Point Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Bloomingdale, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 103 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Bloomingdale, Illinois
Bloomingdale is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, settled in 1833, and 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. Bloomingdale is one of the earliest villages settled in what is now DuPage County. The Meacham family settled here in 1833, and by the end of the following year, 12 to 15 families had settled in the locality. It was originally named Meacham's Grove. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 24 miles to Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 20 miles
- Nearest airport
- 9 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub
How Pivot Point Academy compares
Higher than 91% · #8 of 122 in Illinois
Higher than 88%
Higher than 33% · #73 of 113 in Illinois
Cheaper than 70% · #46 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 48%
Lower than 49%
Larger than 29%
Percentiles compare Pivot Point 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 Illinois.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White52%
- Black8.7%
- Hispanic31%
- Asian1.9%
- Other or multiracial5.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 103
- Student–faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 28%
- Median family income
- $36,256
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
- $9,920
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
- 91%
- First-year retention
- 95%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,323
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $30,453
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,833
- Students with federal loans
- 43%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 44%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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?
Pivot Point 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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $30,453
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,833
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 32%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 37%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.2 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 14°F
- Annual rain
- 38″
- Annual snow
- 34″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Streamwood, IL US station (7.1 mi from campus).
What Pivot Point Academy 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.