About
The Recording Conservatory of Austin is a specialized institution focused on audio engineering, music production, and related business skills. Located in Austin, Texas, it employs a one-on-one mentorship model with faculty comprising industry professionals to enhance student learning. Specific information about founding year and size is not stated in the available text.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 3 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 3 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data3 · 100.0%
- 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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Action history · 2
- Dec 2023Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
- Dec 2017Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: LapseAccrediting Council for Independent Colleges and 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, 37 students received $212K in Pell grants, alongside $305K 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 20 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (10.0%) 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 TRCOA
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.
TRCOA vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions TRCOA 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe Recording Conservatory of Austin | 72% | — | 77 | $29,459 | — |
ABCO Technology | — | — | 75 | $14,659 | — |
Best Care College | — | — | 44 | — | — |
California College of Music | — | 100.0% | 60 | $18,922 | — |
Centura College-Virginia Beach | — | — | — | $27,538 | Baccalaureate |
Chancellor Institute | — | 65.2% | 128 | $34,395 | — |
Digital Film Academy | — | — | — | $55,151 | — |
Galaxy Medical College | — | 90.0% | 111 | $11,331 | — |
Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle Beach | — | — | 743 | $41,961 | — |
Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville | — | — | 169 | $34,827 | — |
Galen Health Institutes-Roanoke | — | — | 315 | — | — |
Galen Health Institutes-Salt Lake City | — | — | 122 | — | — |
Galen Health Institutes-Wichita | — | — | 233 | — | — |
Glendale Career College-North-West College-MFSON | — | — | 290 | — | — |
Global Tech College | — | — | 102 | $8,602 | — |
Gwinnett College-Sandy Springs | — | — | 94 | $28,510 | — |
Key College | — | 66.7% | — | $14,507 | — |
Nashville Film Institute | — | — | 60 | $23,818 | — |
Premiere International College | — | — | 88 | — | — |
Regan Career Institute | — | — | 56 | — | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Fort Wayne | — | — | 156 | $23,193 | — |
Sacramento Ultrasound Institute | — | 70.7% | 212 | $34,414 | — |
Sri Sai Krish Institute | — | — | 61 | — | — |
Stellar Career College-Crown Point | — | — | 81 | — | — |
Texas Health School | — | — | 192 | $29,609 | — |
Texas Healthtech Institute | — | — | 150 | $17,007 | — |
Triangle Tech-Chambersburg | — | — | 29 | $24,252 | — |
WellSpring School of Allied Health-Springfield | — | — | 90 | $14,903 | — |
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute | — | — | 61 | $16,244 | — |
Xavier College School of Nursing | — | 35.6% | 106 | $18,620 | — |
| Peer group median | 72% | 68.7% | 102 | $23,818 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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