Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus
About
Mildred Elley is a private, for-profit college offering two-year programs as well as professional certifications with campuses in Albany, and New York City, New York and in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1917 by Augusta Mildred Elley, a local woman who was educated at a college in New York City, the school initially educated women for secretarial positions. With installation of a new president in 1985, the school expanded its programs and secured degree-granting authority from the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 30.0-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.
Of 14 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 12 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing2 · 14.3%
- No Data12 · 85.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Action history · 8
- May 2024Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- Feb 2023Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning RemovedAccrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- Aug 2022Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: WarningAccrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- Aug 2021Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning RemovedAccrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- Feb 2021Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: WarningAccrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,664 students received $9.4M in Pell grants, alongside $13.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,553 borrowers who entered repayment, 50 (3.2%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at MESC
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
MESC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions MESC selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMildred Elley School-Albany Campus | 37% | — | 369 | $21,348 | Community College |
CBT Technology Institute-Hialeah | — | — | 547 | $11,281 | Community College |
Gwinnett College-Lilburn | — | — | 156 | $27,010 | Community College |
Penn Commercial Business/Technical School | — | 55.8% | 265 | $17,147 | Community College |
San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield | — | — | 798 | $23,393 | Community College |
San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno | — | — | 447 | $23,045 | Community College |
San Joaquin Valley College-Hesperia | — | — | 528 | $23,634 | Community College |
San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto | — | — | 598 | $24,617 | Community College |
San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario | — | — | 941 | $25,595 | Community College |
San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula | — | — | 650 | $26,652 | Community College |
Stautzenberger College-Maumee | — | — | 586 | $19,881 | Community College |
Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College | — | — | 682 | $19,198 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 37% | 55.8% | 567 | $23,219 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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