Conservatory of
Recording Arts and Sciences
For-profit College in Tempe, AZ. Median 10-year earnings $37,429.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $37,429, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,344 — modest by four-year standards. It also moves people — 2.2% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution 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 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Retention is strong at 90%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Being a for-profit short-program school 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. This is a small school — 957 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 957 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,289 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $22,292 at $0–30k against $25,840 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 40% of students receive any. 66% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 579 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 | $22,292 |
| $30–48k | $20,970 |
| $48–75k | $22,252 |
| $75–110k | $25,129 |
| $110k+ | $25,840 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 630 of these 957 students, totalling $3,563,578 — an average of $5,656 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)