Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix
For-profit Community College in Phoenix, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 65%.
65% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,521 — modest by four-year standards.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
65% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention of 87% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 35:1 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,485 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,022 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $22,988 at $0–30k against $25,699 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 49% of students receive any. Most students borrow — 56% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 545 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 | $22,988 |
| $30–48k | $23,257 |
| $48–75k | $25,699 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 833 of these 1,485 students, totalling $6,533,039 — an average of $7,843 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