Private for-profit · Community college
Ross College-Davenport
Davenport, Iowa · Midsize city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $20,254
- Avg net price
- 65%
- Grad / completion
- $29,898
- Median earnings
Ross College-Davenport is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Davenport, Iowa (midsize city setting), enrolling 42 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. The land was originally inhabited by the Sauk, Meskwaki, and Ho-Chunk peoples. France laid claim to this territory as part of its New France and Illinois Country in the 18th century. Downtown Davenport has many points of interest including the Davenport Public Library, the Davenport Skybridge, Figge Art Museum, River Music Experience, Putnam Museum, the RiverCenter/Adler Theater, Modern Woodmen Park which is home of the Quad City River Bandits baseball team and the Centennial Bridge. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 64 miles to Cedar Rapids, IA
- To Great Lakes shore
- 149 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to Quad City (MLI)
How Ross College-Davenport compares
Higher than 55% · #20 of 39 in Iowa
Higher than 1%
Higher than 31% · #23 of 38 in Iowa
Cheaper than 31% · #35 cheapest of 39 in Iowa
Lower than 57%
Lower than 1%
Larger than 11%
Percentiles compare Ross College-Davenport 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 Iowa.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women4095%
- Men25%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White29%
- Black43%
- Hispanic12%
- Other or multiracial17%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 42
- Student–faculty ratio
- 40 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 67%
- First-generation students
- 56%
- Students over 25
- 68%
- Median family income
- $17,342
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $20,254
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
- 65%
- First-year retention
- 10%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $28,207
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $29,898
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Students with federal loans
- 67%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 27%
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
- 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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $29,898
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 32%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 33%
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.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $2,153 (7%) 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
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 13°F
- Annual rain
- 38.8″
- Annual snow
- 36.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rock Island L&D 15, IL US station (2.7 mi from campus).
What Ross College-Davenport 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.