Private nonprofit · Community college

Ultimate Medical Academy

Clearwater, Florida · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $20,457
Avg net price: 55%
Grad / completion: $29,194
Median earnings

Ultimate Medical Academy is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Clearwater, Florida (midsize city setting), enrolling 8,932 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private nonprofitMidsize · 8,932 undergradsMidsize cityMild wintersNear the coast

About Clearwater, Florida

Clearwater is a city in and the county seat of Pinellas County, Florida, United States, west of Tampa and north of St. Petersburg. Present-day Clearwater was originally the home of the Tocobaga people. Around 1835, the United States Army began construction of Fort Harrison, named after William Henry Harrison, as an outpost during the Seminole Wars. Moccasin Lake Nature Park is a 51-acre nature preserve (21 ha) with a 5-acre lake (2.0 ha) owned and operated by the city. The preserve also features the Moccasin Lake Environmental Education Center, which offers environmental education classes, programs and camps. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 20 miles to Tampa, FL
To the ocean: 1 mile
Nearest airport: 7 miles to St. Petersburg Clearwater (PIE) · major hub

How Ultimate Medical Academy compares

Graduation rate55%

Higher than 43% · #145 of 211 in Florida

First-year retention68%

Higher than 40%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$29,194

Higher than 29% · #110 of 171 in Florida

Average net price$20,457

Cheaper than 31% · #113 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$14,743

Lower than 15%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment8,932

Larger than 96%

Percentiles compare Ultimate Medical 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 Florida.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women8,35894%
Men5746%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White33%
Black64%
Other or multiracial3.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 8,932
Student–faculty ratio: 20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 80%
First-generation students: 62%
Students over 25: 87%
Median family income: $10,150
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $47,646

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 1,674 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Florida9.0%
Other U.S. states91%

A national draw — only 9% of first-years come from Florida; 91% arrive from other states.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $20,457

Outcomes

Graduated: 55%
First-year retention: 68%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $24,687
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $29,194
Median debt at graduation: $14,743
Students with federal loans: 78%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 21%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

55%

Low-income (Pell)

59%

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: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$20,284

$30–48k

$21,073

$48–75k

$21,846

$75–110k

$23,511

$110k+

$23,920

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.

10%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,548

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 10% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,548. 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 10,360 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): $29,194
Typical debt at graduation: $14,743
Debt vs. one year's pay: 51%
Out-earn a HS grad: 31%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.1 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

$28,679

Men

$33,153

Men out-earn women by $4,474 (16%) 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: 91°F
Winter low: 52°F
Annual rain: 53.6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Petersburg Intl AP, FL US station (7.1 mi from campus).

What Ultimate Medical Academy graduates study — and earn

Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

5,587 grads$23k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$22k debt

5,587$22,568$28,720$22,258 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

1,802 grads$21k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$16k debt

1,802$21,310$25,686$16,112 Human Services, GeneralAssoc.

639 grads$21k 1 yr$25k 5 yr$22k debt

639$20,687$25,489$22,310 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

251 grads$28k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$20k debt

251$28,118$30,349$20,145 Accounting and Related ServicesAssoc.

95 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

95———Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

48 grads$28k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$10k debt

48$27,734$26,997$10,379 Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

30 grads$20k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$10k debt

30$20,029$30,192$9,500 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCert.

4 grads— 1 yr$34k 5 yr— debt

4—$33,891—Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

— grads— 1 yr$28k 5 yr— debt

——$27,927—Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$66k 5 yr— debt

——$66,263—

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.