Private for-profit · Community college

Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette

Lafayette, Louisiana · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate
$23,394
Avg net price
55%
Grad / completion
$24,707
Median earnings

Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lafayette, Louisiana (midsize city setting), enrolling 229 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 229 undergradsMidsize city

About Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette is a city in Louisiana and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish. French colonists founded the first European settlement, Petit Manchac, a trading post along the Vermilion River. The Lafayette metropolitan area has a large Louisiana Creole, Cajun, and substantial foreign-born population; an estimated 14,676 Lafayettiens were foreign-born residents in 2019. Additionally, more than 36% of foreigners came from Asia from 2014 to 2019. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
4 miles to Lafayette, LA
To the ocean
25 miles
Nearest airport
5 miles to Lafayette (LFT)

How Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette compares

Graduation rate55%

Higher than 43% · #48 of 73 in Louisiana

First-year retention65%

Higher than 33%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,707

Higher than 17% · #36 of 61 in Louisiana

Average net price$23,394

Cheaper than 22% · #57 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana

Median debt at graduation$8,721

Lower than 68%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment229

Larger than 48%

Percentiles compare Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette 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 Louisiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

229undergrads
  • Women21493%
  • Men157%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White30%
  • Black65%
  • Hispanic1.8%
  • Other or multiracial3.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
229
Student–faculty ratio
13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
81%
First-generation students
63%
Students over 25
58%
Median family income
$12,519

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
$23,394

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
55%
First-year retention
65%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$21,058
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$24,707
Median debt at graduation
$8,721
Students with federal loans
78%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
46%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
55%
Low-income (Pell)
59%
First-generation
60%

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.

< $30k
$23,394
$30–48k
$48–75k
$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?

Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette 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)
$24,707
Typical debt at graduation
$8,721
Debt vs. one year's pay
35%
Out-earn a HS grad
15%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.5 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
$24,004
Men
$31,018

Men out-earn women by $7,014 (29%) 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
92°F
Winter low
41°F
Annual rain
64.7″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.57.0JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lafayette, LA US station (2.6 mi from campus).

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.