Phoenix College
Public Community College in Phoenix, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 14%. Median 10-year earnings $40,870.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,870 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 14% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $6,750.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.17 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 14% — below national average
Academics
Only 14% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential. 23% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body runs to 10,384, large enough that student experience varies widely by program.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,955 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $12,661 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($11,172 versus $18,594), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Only 48% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 11% 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 · 650 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 | $11,172 |
| $30–48k | $11,939 |
| $48–75k | $13,546 |
| $75–110k | $16,509 |
| $110k+ | $18,594 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 785 of these 6,955 students, totalling $3,258,875 — an average of $4,151 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)