Paradise Valley
Community College
Public Community College in Phoenix, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 19%. Median 10-year earnings $47,196.
Students who entered Paradise Valley Community College land at a median of $47,196 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 19% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,995 — 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 0.15 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 19% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 19% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. A 25% 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. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. 5,880 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,009 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,296 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $10,823 at $0–30k, $18,165 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 36% 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 · 508 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 | $10,823 |
| $30–48k | $12,187 |
| $48–75k | $12,527 |
| $75–110k | $15,318 |
| $110k+ | $18,165 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 381 of these 4,009 students, totalling $1,409,916 — an average of $3,701 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)