Pima Medical
Institute-East Valley
For-profit College in Mesa, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 76%. Median 10-year earnings $38,673.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,673, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate of 76% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 76% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 76% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention is 71% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 25:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate body is just 717, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 717 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,457 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,269 at $0–30k, $25,654 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 33% of students receive any. 39% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 282 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 | $22,269 |
| $30–48k | $22,835 |
| $48–75k | $23,866 |
| $75–110k | $25,654 |
| $110k+ | $25,654 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 277 of these 717 students, totalling $1,983,353 — an average of $7,160 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)