Athena Career Academy

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Athena Career Academy

Athena Career Academy operates as a private for-profit institution located in Toledo, Ohio (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 516 students of which 594 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Athena Career Academy is categorized as “13” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 78.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,886 and a Pell grant recipient share of 76.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $14,120, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 56.6% at six years. Ten-year median earnings data is not yet published, compared with $48,406 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 22900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.