Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting

Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting operates as a private for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 805 students of which 1,261 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. Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting is categorized as “10” 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. Admission rate data is not currently reported for this institution. Net price data is not yet reported and a Pell grant recipient share of 26.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $6,840, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable. Graduates earn a median of $62,978 ten years after enrolling, compared with $68,179 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 25000.0% 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.