Arizona College
of Nursing-Sarasota
For-profit College in University Park, FL. Median 10-year earnings $34,657.
Students who entered Arizona College of Nursing-Sarasota reach a median of $34,657 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Arizona College of Nursing-Sarasota admits 100% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool is small at 17, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 47% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. Retention is weak: only 50% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. At 96 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 96 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $28,682 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Net price varies modestly by income — $28,019 at $0–30k against $34,305 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 66% of students at an average of $6,676. Most students borrow — 89% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 12 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 | $28,019 |
| $30–48k | $27,222 |
| $48–75k | $20,590 |
| $75–110k | $30,130 |
| $110k+ | $34,305 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 85 of these 96 students, totalling $912,289 — an average of $10,733 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Manatee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026