Private for-profit · Community college

Rob Roy Academy-Worcester

Worcester, Massachusetts · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $25,383
Avg net price: 90%
Grad / completion: $30,033
Median earnings

Rob Roy Academy-Worcester is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Worcester, Massachusetts (midsize city setting), enrolling 109 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 109 undergradsMidsize cityCold wintersSnowy

About Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The native people called the region Quinsigamond and built a settlement on Pakachoag Hill in Auburn. Much of Worcester's culture is synonymous with broader New England culture. The city's name is notoriously mispronounced by people unfamiliar with the city. As with the city in England, the first syllable of "cester" (castra) is left entirely unvoiced. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: Worcester, MA
To the ocean: 37 miles
Nearest airport: 3 miles to Worcester (ORH)

How Rob Roy Academy-Worcester compares

Graduation rate90%

Higher than 90% · #8 of 52 in Massachusetts

First-year retention83%

Higher than 70%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,033

Higher than 31% · #29 of 34 in Massachusetts

Average net price$25,383

Cheaper than 17% · #37 cheapest of 52 in Massachusetts

Median debt at graduation$9,465

Lower than 63%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment109

Larger than 30%

Percentiles compare Rob Roy Academy-Worcester 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 Massachusetts.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women5147%
Men5853%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White50%
Black10%
Hispanic35%
Asian1.8%
Other or multiracial3.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 109
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 52%
First-generation students: 45%
Students over 25: 47%
Median family income: $13,274

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: $25,383

Outcomes

Graduated: 90%
First-year retention: 83%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $14,519
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $30,033
Median debt at graduation: $9,465
Students with federal loans: 57%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 30%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

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

$25,637

$30–48k

$23,586

$48–75k

$24,134

$75–110k

—

$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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

13%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$667

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 13% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $667. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 46 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $30,033
Typical debt at graduation: $9,465
Debt vs. one year's pay: 32%
Out-earn a HS grad: 23%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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.

Women

$23,552

Men

$35,487

Men out-earn women by $11,935 (51%) 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: 80°F
Winter low: 17°F
Annual rain: 48.3″
Annual snow: 72.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Worcester Rgnl AP, MA US station (3.4 mi from campus).

What Rob Roy Academy-Worcester graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

75 grads$17k 1 yr$21k 5 yr$10k debt

75$17,208$21,386$9,500

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.