Prescott College
Private College in Prescott, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 56%. Median 10-year earnings $42,359.
Students who entered Prescott College land at a median of $42,359 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 56%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $16,300 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 95% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 164, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 6% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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56% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 74% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 24% 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 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 253 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $23,377 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,542 at $0–30k, $25,444 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 88% of students receive it, averaging $18,444. About 53% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 23 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 | $22,542 |
| $30–48k | $19,587 |
| $48–75k | $16,537 |
| $75–110k | $24,832 |
| $110k+ | $25,444 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 133 of these 253 students, totalling $1,129,864 — an average of $8,495 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Yavapai 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)