American InterContinental
University System
For-profit College in Chandler, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 6%. Median 10-year earnings $36,144.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $36,144, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 6% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $31,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.6% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.86 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 6% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 6% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 36% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in three leave after one year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. The 36:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,734 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,726 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,802 at $0–30k, $17,810 at $110k+. About 81% get grants averaging $6,820, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 71% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 157 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $14,802 |
| $30–48k | $15,080 |
| $48–75k | $15,672 |
| $75–110k | $19,828 |
| $110k+ | $17,810 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,810 of these 6,734 students, totalling $40,799,185 — an average of $8,482 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Maricopa County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with this school
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)