Ultimate Medical Academy
About
Ultimate Medical Academy is a nonprofit healthcare educational institution located in Clearwater, Florida, offering allied healthcare programs both online and in a blended format. Founded in 1994, it serves over 15,000 students with a focus on preparing individuals for various roles in the healthcare field, including medical billing and coding, health information management, and patient care.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.0-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 13 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 3 fail. 10 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data10 · 76.9%
- Failing3 · 23.1%
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.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
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.
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Action history · 2
- Sep 2021Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- Feb 2018Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting 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, 31,280 students received $217.8M in Pell grants, alongside $241.7M 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 13,283 borrowers who entered repayment, 400 (3.0%) 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 Ultimate Medical Academy
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.
Ultimate Medical Academy vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Ultimate Medical Academy 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUltimate Medical Academy | 55% | — | 8,932 | $19,350 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Academy for Nursing and Health Occupations | — | — | 558 | $29,971 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Baptist Health College Little Rock | — | 95.5% | 583 | $34,755 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Belanger School of Nursing | — | 0.0% | 162 | $24,119 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Cochran School of Nursing | — | — | 117 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Huntington Junior College | — | — | 182 | $10,729 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Jefferson Regional School of Nursing | — | — | 92 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing | — | — | 174 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Montefiore School of Nursing | — | — | 121 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital | — | 77.8% | 173 | $22,322 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Remington College-Fort Worth Campus | — | 77.6% | 154 | $24,976 | Baccalaureate |
Remington College-Memphis Campus | — | 80.8% | 331 | $25,499 | Baccalaureate |
Remington College-Nashville Campus | — | 61.7% | 280 | $27,789 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
SABER College | — | 80.4% | 560 | $10,311 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing | — | 100.0% | 153 | $19,736 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing | — | 100.0% | 129 | $24,655 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Southside College of Health Sciences | — | 0.0% | 151 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
St Joseph School of Nursing | — | — | 95 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
St. Joseph's College of Nursing | — | 100.0% | 313 | $29,688 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing | — | 100.0% | 123 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
The Chicago School-College of Nursing | — | — | 2 | $26,334 | — |
| Peer group median | 55% | 80.6% | 162 | $24,816 |
Ultimate Medical Academy Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Dr. Venus FisherDean of Online Program and Institutional Effectiveness
- Dr. Rebecca SarloDean of Institutional Effectiveness
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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