Azusa Pacific University
Private Research University in Azusa, CA. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $66,677.
Ten-year median earnings of $66,677 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Six-year completion sits at 62%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $23,219, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 88%, Azusa Pacific University takes nearly everyone who applies. 3,404 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 14%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 3% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 515–615 | 12 (3%) |
| SAT Math | 468–623 | |
| ACT Composite | 25–30 | 7 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 62%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,996 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,143 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $15,781 at the $0–30k band to $27,193 at $110k+. 91% of students get grant aid averaging $24,663, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 48% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 414 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 | $15,781 |
| $30–48k | $20,495 |
| $48–75k | $22,998 |
| $75–110k | $21,641 |
| $110k+ | $27,193 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,431 of these 2,996 students, totalling $10,337,726 — an average of $7,224 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)