Glendale Community College
Public Community College in Glendale, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 16%. Median 10-year earnings $43,108.
Students who entered Glendale Community College land at a median of $43,108 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 16% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,960 — 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 0.16 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 16% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 16% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. A 20% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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 body runs to 13,482, large enough that student experience varies widely by program.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 10,086 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,607 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($10,512 versus $17,378), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is limited — 46% of students receive any. 10% 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 · 1,298 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 | $10,512 |
| $30–48k | $10,944 |
| $48–75k | $12,957 |
| $75–110k | $14,880 |
| $110k+ | $17,378 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 963 of these 10,086 students, totalling $3,391,622 — an average of $3,522 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)