Brookline College-Tempe
For-profit College in Tempe, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $29,576.
Ten-year median earnings of $29,576 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 40%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
40% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 28% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. At 40:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. This is a for-profit two-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. The undergraduate body is just 402, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 402 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,601 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $20,795 at $0–30k against $26,076 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 58% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,391 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 58% take federal loans.
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 · 54 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 | $20,795 |
| $30–48k | $23,086 |
| $48–75k | $23,028 |
| $75–110k | $24,394 |
| $110k+ | $26,076 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 232 of these 402 students, totalling $1,859,231 — an average of $8,014 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
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)