by our College Data Analytics TeamBelow is the data on what it actually costs to attend Carrington College-Albuquerque, including attendance costs, projected four- and two-year degree costs, average net price, debt outcomes, and how aid is distributed across income levels.
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The net price is the real out-of-pocket cost — what families pay after grant and scholarship aid is applied. This is the more honest cost figure for most families, since it accounts for institutional and federal aid.
| Average net price (on-campus) | $49,030.00 |
| Average net price (off-campus) | $39,922.00 |
Net price varies sharply by family income, dropping as need-based aid grows. The table below shows the average net price by family-income bracket:
| Family income | Average net price |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $39,734.00 |
| $30,000 to $48,000 | $40,769.00 |
Estimate your specific net price using the school’s Carrington College-Albuquerque Net Price Calculator, or contact the financial aid office.
Want to know how that aid is awarded? See the financial aid breakdown.
The median amount borrowed by graduates of Carrington College-Albuquerque stands at $9,298.00, which the Department of Education classifies as a Very Low (<$10k) debt-burden bucket.
The full distribution of debt at graduation looks like this:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $3,166.00 |
| 25th | $5,500.00 |
| Median (50th) | $9,298.00 |
| 75th | $9,500.00 |
| 90th | $22,201.00 |
The distance from the 10th to the 90th percentile shows how widely debt outcomes vary.
Read the complete debt breakdown on the student-loan-debt breakdown.
Debt at graduation is far from uniform across income levels. Below the data splits borrowers across three income groups:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $9,229.00 |
| Middle income | $9,496.00 |
| High income | $9,500.00 |
First-generation college students often carry different debt loads than their continuing-generation peers.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $9,240.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $9,500.00 |
Pell Grants are the largest source of federal need-based aid for undergrads. Comparing Pell recipients vs non-recipients shows how debt is distributed by need.
The gap between Pell-eligible and non-Pell median debt at Carrington College-Albuquerque is $-271.00.
The default-rate classification at Carrington College-Albuquerque is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 15.4% |
For scale, federal Stafford loan disbursements at Carrington College-Albuquerque amount to $457,320,667.00 covering 38,690 recipients.
Veterans and current servicemembers may be eligible for major federal education benefits including the Post-9/11 GI Bill and Department of Defense Tuition Assistance.
| GI Bill recipients | 12 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $9,874.00 |
For the full rundown of veteran and military benefits, see the veteran aid breakdown.
Use the figures above as a launch point, then think through Carrington College-Albuquerque, consider the following:
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Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.