American College of the Building Arts

What are the graduation rates for students at American College of the Building Arts?

ACBA reported an overall graduation rate of 62% in its 2024-25 institutional data. Its reported four-year graduation rate was 55%, and its six-year rate was also 55%.

Graduation rates generally track specified entering cohorts over defined periods; they are not the percentage of all currently enrolled students who will eventually graduate. The overall, four-year, and six-year figures can involve different reporting definitions or cohorts, so they should not be added together or read as a single student group's progress. ACBA also reported a 75% student retention rate, a separate measure concerned with continued enrollment. With relatively small entering classes, a change in a few students' outcomes can noticeably affect reported percentages.

What is the earning potential for graduates at American College of the Building Arts?

A reliable program-level earnings figure is not established here for ACBA's architectural sciences and technology or building and construction fields. Prospective students should therefore avoid treating an industry-wide wage figure as the expected pay from an ACBA credential.

Even when college earnings measures are available, their meaning depends on who is included, when earnings are measured after enrollment or graduation, and whether the statistic is a median or an average. They may also omit graduates who are self-employed or whose earnings cannot be matched to the underlying records. For this college, a useful career discussion would ask about recent graduates' job types, geographic markets, apprenticeships, and continuing training - not just a single salary figure.