College · Private for-profit · Bloomington, MN · City
Academy College
Bloomington, MN
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$29k
Undergrad size56
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $29k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
56 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $34k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $29k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$135k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$116k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$19k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $18.7k
- Books & supplies
- $2,102
How students pay for it.
Pell grants26%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans49%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$30k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention56%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr36%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$48k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 56
- Location
- Bloomington, MN
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · High Traditional
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White46%
- Unknown29%
- Hispanic9%
- Black7%
- Two or more races5%
- Asian4%
First-gen students33%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$25k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 4
What you can study.