Arizona Christian University
Private College in Glendale, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $51,612.
Students who entered Arizona Christian University land at a median of $51,612 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 40% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates carry a median of $23,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 71% puts Arizona Christian University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool is small at 1,297, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. About 36% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 40% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. Just 54% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 29% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,127 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $32,514 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $30,522 at $0–30k against $34,323 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 95% receive grants worth $21,883 on average. 75% 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 · 374 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 | $30,522 |
| $30–48k | $29,991 |
| $48–75k | $32,259 |
| $75–110k | $34,557 |
| $110k+ | $34,323 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 848 of these 1,127 students, totalling $8,711,539 — an average of $10,273 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
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)