Wade College
Wade College is a for-profit college in Dallas, TX, with about 205 students on campus.
Wade College, in brief
Wade College is mostly about visual and performing arts
84% of the degrees Wade College awards are in visual and performing arts; the next biggest field, business, is 16%. Majors ↓
Many students are adults coming back to school
48% of undergraduates are 25 or older, and 61% study part-time. Graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, so they leave many of these students out. The students ↓
Wade College is very small
About 205 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓
Most students come from lower-income families
66% of undergraduates receive Pell grants, the federal grant for lower-income students. The students ↓
Fewer borrowers paying down loans than at most colleges
Only 24% of federal borrowers had paid down any of their loan within three years, fewer than at 92% of U.S. colleges. Outcomes ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).
How hard is it to get into Wade College?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Wade College is likely test-optional.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $25,506 a year
Before any grants
After grants, the average family on aid pays $20,778.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $69,364 over 4 years · 32% off the sticker price
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting
$243 a month against about $2,338 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 8% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
The students
252 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
Living in Dallas
5% of Dallas’s 1,329,491 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Dallas pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Wade College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.