Central Arizona College
Public Community College in Coolidge, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 27%. Median 10-year earnings $40,513.
Students who entered Central Arizona College reach a median of $40,513 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 27% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,010 — 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 27% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 27% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 61% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. 20% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 36% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,893 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $5,544 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,900 at $0–30k, $8,897 at $110k+. 50% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,211 — common but not automatic. 3% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 423 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 | $3,900 |
| $30–48k | $3,657 |
| $48–75k | $6,413 |
| $75–110k | $8,328 |
| $110k+ | $8,897 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 150 of these 4,893 students, totalling $1,516,760 — an average of $10,112 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pinal 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)