10-yr median earnings
$23,040
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · New Braunfels, Texas
William Edge Institute
William Edge Institute is a private for-profit institution in New Braunfels, Texas. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 94.8%
- 150%-time completion
- $20,177
- Avg net price / yr
- $23,040
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
William Edge Institute posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 7th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 94.8%
- 150%-time completion
- +29%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Midsize
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this William Edge Institute profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
46/100
William Edge Institute
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$23,040
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$20,177
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A+
94.8%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$20,177
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
94.8%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 94.8%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - William Edge Institute vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How William Edge Institute ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
William Edge Institute: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$23,040 7th percentile higher than 7% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | William Edge Institute | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $23,040 | #4730 of 5103 | 7th |
| Average net price | $20,177 | #3119 of 5020 | 38th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 94.8% | #77 of 4858 | 98th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 73 | #4638 of 5462 | 15th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
73
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
94.8%
150%-time completion
$23,040
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How William Edge Institute ranks in Texas
State rank among 324 reporting Texas colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | William Edge Institute | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $23,040 | #288 of 324 | 11th |
| Average net price | $20,177 | #201 of 340 | 41st (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 94.8% | #5 of 324 | 98th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 73 | #296 of 366 | 19th |
Highest former-student earnings in Texas
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast University-Texas | $102,672 | $53,020 |
| 2 | University of North Texas Health Science Center | $93,615 | - |
| 3 | The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | $92,961 | - |
| 4 | Chamberlain University-Texas | $92,405 | $32,209 |
| 5 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | $92,348 | - |
| 6 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | $90,232 | - |
| 7 | Rice University | $89,718 | $13,370 |
| 8 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | $88,757 | - |
| 9 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | $82,206 | - |
| 10 | Denver College of Nursing-Houston | $81,809 | - |
| 11 | Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health | $78,724 | - |
| 12 | Southern Methodist University | $78,354 | $40,892 |
| 288 | William Edge InstituteThis school | $23,040 | $20,177 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at William Edge Institute
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$19,989 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$19,385 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$22,286 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at William Edge Institute - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $20,177 |
33.7%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at William Edge Institute swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $4,516 to $20,070 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +49.5%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$4,516
Highest year
$20,070
Most recent (2023)
$10,612
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $7,0972023 · $10,612
Over the same years, enrollment went -24.5% (53 → 40 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
$17,832
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 94.8% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $17,832 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $23,040 |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 56 | $17,078 | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for William Edge Institute? ▼
William Edge Institute is a private for-profit institution in New Braunfels, Texas. Undergraduate enrollment is 73 students.
How much do William Edge Institute former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at William Edge Institute who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $23,040 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $17,832.
How much does William Edge Institute cost? ▼
The average net price at William Edge Institute is $20,177..
What is the graduation rate at William Edge Institute? ▼
William Edge Institute has a 94.8% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private for-profit profiles compile Scorecard debt/earnings and IPEDS operating fields from federal files — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.