Special Focus Two-Year: Other FieldsPrivate (for-profit)

Athena Career Academy

Toledo, Ohio·Private for-profit, 2-year·Great Lakes·athenacareers.edu
6-yr Graduation
52%
—
Total enrollment
516
peer median 240
Avg net price
$25,171
+$2.7k vs Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
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About

Athena Career Academy is a vocational training institution located in Toledo, Ohio, focused on Practical Nursing, LPN to RN programs, and Early Childhood Education. The academy is accredited by the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education and is approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing. Specific founding year information is not provided on the source page.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
41
41 candidates competed
Admitted
32
78.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
32
100.0% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
52%
Full-time retention
55%

Pell equity

8.0pp gap
Pell recipients
52%
Non-Pell
60%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 5 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 5 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
5
Passing
0
0.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

5programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data5 · 100.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
5

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

3
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
28%
$8,455 debt · $29,855 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
24%
$14,166 debt · $60,286 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
17%
$14,167 debt · $82,495 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Occupational Education

Accredited since 2014Next review Dec 2030
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, Board of Trustees

Accredited since 2011Next review Feb 2016
PreaccreditedInstitutional accreditor

North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, Board of Trustees

Accredited since 2010

Action history · 8

  1. Mar 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Occupational Education
  2. Dec 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Occupational Education
  3. Sep 2021Approved for Distance Education
    Council on Occupational Education
  4. Jun 2021Approved for Distance Education
    Council on Occupational Education
  5. Jun 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Occupational Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$24,510
$30–48k$26,584
$48–75k$27,458
$75–110k$29,495
$110k+—

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$25,171
+$2,706vs Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields median $22,465
Federal loans
72.9%

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 598 students received $3.1M in Pell grants, alongside $4.3M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
598
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.1M
$3,133,855 total
Direct Loans
$4.3M
1,231 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.5M
603 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.6M
616 loan awards
Parent PLUS$73K
12 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 216 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (2.7%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.7%
+0.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
216
Defaulted
6
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
13.7%
2017
17.9%
2018
11.2%
2019
2.7%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Athena Career Academy

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs5
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

5 total completions
01Education
5100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
516
12-mo unduplicated
594
Undergraduate
594
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
7%39
Women
93%555

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
83.8%
White
10.1%
Two or more
2.5%
Hispanic
1.8%
Asian
1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.5%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 245 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    21.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    9

    Athena Career Academy vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Athena Career Academy selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectAthena Career Academy
    		52%—516$25,171Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Alaska Career College
    		——250$18,091Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Apex College of Veterinary Technology
    		——27$10,030Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Carrington College-San Leandro Campus
    		—91.9%326$32,368Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Carrington College-Stockton
    		—67.6%436$30,387Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    CBT Technology Institute-Cutler Bay
    		——326$17,375Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Center for Advanced Legal Studies
    		—32.8%271$10,914Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Central Coast College
    		—95.7%631$26,640Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    College of Court Reporting Inc
    		——182$41,410Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Interactive College of Technology
    		——65$13,358Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Interactive College of Technology-Gainesville
    		——50$14,834Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Interactive College of Technology-Morrow
    		——117$14,970Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Long Island Business Institute
    		—73.2%—$11,166Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville
    		——195$22,465Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Miller-Motte College-Macon
    		——230$22,139Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Ohio Business College-Sandusky
    		——22$28,674Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Ohio Business College-Sheffield
    		——224$21,181Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Professional Golfers Career College
    		——70$31,397Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    San Joaquin Valley College-Lancaster
    		——257$23,940Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    South Coast College
    		——306$22,480Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Southern Careers Institute-Austin
    		——746$23,458Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields
    Peer group median52%73.2%240$22,465

    Institutions like Athena Career Academy

    Explore the federal data for institutions in Athena Career Academy's comparison group.

    IPEDS

    Reports & documents (1)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Frequently asked questions about Athena Career Academy

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Athena Career Academy.

    What is the graduation rate at Athena Career Academy?

    Athena Career Academy reports a 6-year graduation rate of 52% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Athena Career Academy?

    Athena Career Academy reports a total enrollment of 516 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Athena Career Academy?

    The average net price at Athena Career Academy is $25,171 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at Athena Career Academy?

    Athena Career Academy's yield rate is 100.0%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is Athena Career Academy located?

    Athena Career Academy is located in Toledo, Ohio 43615.

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