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Is The Ailey School worth it?
A first pass affordability and outcome read for The Ailey School, using national average inputs. Run your own numbers for a personalized score.
Worth-It Score
Heavy lift
The Ailey School lands in the heavy lift band for a typical family. The combination of $35,855 in yearly net price and $17,500 in median debt asks a lot relative to median earnings of $22,782. For context, The Ailey School's net price runs about 46% above the typical 2-year, private nonprofit school. This does not make the school wrong for every student, but it does mean the price deserves a closer test.
Is the price fair?
Compared to 76 similar 2-year, private nonprofit schools
This school
$31,130
/yrAverage school like this
$21,342
/yrThis weighs on your Worth-It Score
You'd pay about $9,788 more per year than the typical student at a similar school. Over 4 years that's roughly $39,000 in extra cost.
Score breakdown
The public version of the score weighs affordability, after graduation outcomes, and repayment burden.
Affordability
40% weight
The yearly net price is doing real work against the score and raises the financing burden quickly.
Outcome
40% weight
The outcome data does not create enough margin to fully offset the cost.
Repayment
20% weight
Median debt stays in a more comfortable repayment range for a typical graduate.
The numbers behind the score
Median net price per year
$35,855
Median earnings 10 years out
$22,782
Median debt at graduation
$17,500
Graduation rate
74%
At The Ailey School, a typical graduate carries about $17,500 in student debt and earns roughly $22,782 ten years after enrolling. On a standard 10-year repayment plan, that works out to about $199 per month, or 10% of pre-tax income. That sits at the tighter end of a workable borrower range.
What this means for your family
The Ailey School is a two year school in New York, NY. For many families, the real question is not just sticker price but what this path unlocks next, whether that is direct employment, transfer, or a lower cost route into a four year degree.
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Common questions about The Ailey School
The median net price at The Ailey School is $35,855 per year. That is the average yearly price after typical grant aid for students in the public federal data, not the published sticker price.
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The Worth-It Score weighs affordability (40%), after graduation outcomes (40%), and repayment burden (20%). Underlying data points come from publicly available federal higher education reporting. See full methodology →