College · Private nonprofit · Laurel, MD · Suburb
Capitol Technology University
Laurel, MD
Admit rate74%
6-yr median pay$77k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size315
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $77k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 74% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
315 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $42k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$170k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$88k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$81k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $27.6k
- Room & board
- $13.2k
- Books & supplies
- $1,600
How students pay for it.
Pell grants39%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans47%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
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 retention75%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr43%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$77k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$85k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out7%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 315
- Location
- Laurel, MD
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black43%
- White29%
- Unknown10%
- Asian7%
- Hispanic5%
- International3%
- Two or more races3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students36%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time17%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$41k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 22
What you can study.
- Computer and Information Sciencesearnings not reported
- Computer Programming/Programmerearnings not reported
- Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Designearnings not reported
- Network and System Administration/Administratorearnings not reported
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineeringearnings not reported
- Computer Engineeringearnings not reported
- Electrical and Electronics Engineeringearnings not reported
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineeringearnings not reported
- Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technicianearnings not reported
- Computer Engineering Technology/Technicianearnings not reported
- Engineering/Industrial Managementearnings not reported
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Otherearnings not reported
- Intelligenceearnings not reported
- Data Scienceearnings not reported
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitnessearnings not reported
- Homeland Securityearnings not reported
- Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technologyearnings not reported
- Public Healthearnings not reported
- Business/Commerceearnings not reported
- Business Administration and Managementearnings not reported
- Management Scienceearnings not reported
- Construction Managementearnings not reported