Cochise County
Community College District
Public Community College in Sierra Vista, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 30%. Median 10-year earnings $38,033.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,033, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 30% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,750 — modest by four-year standards. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.9% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 30% graduate within six years. 18% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate population is 3,782 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,007 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,247 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $7,108 at $0–30k against $13,552 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 59% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,281 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 8% of students.
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 · 489 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 | $7,108 |
| $30–48k | $8,221 |
| $48–75k | $9,620 |
| $75–110k | $13,171 |
| $110k+ | $13,552 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 227 of these 3,007 students, totalling $1,509,213 — an average of $6,649 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cochise 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)