Aspen University
For-profit College in Phoenix, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 27%.
Only 27% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $15,756.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 27% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 27% graduate within six years. 27% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 3:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit four-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. 2,398 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,396 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
One gap to flag: this institution does not report an average net price, so the figures here describe who receives aid rather than what a year actually costs. Use the school's own net price calculator before comparing it against anywhere else. Only 10% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Only 10% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
Federal student loans went to 242 of these 2,396 students, totalling $2,492,043 — an average of $10,298 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 (Program Review); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)