Refrigeration School Inc
For-profit College in Phoenix, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 76%. Median 10-year earnings $52,953.
Ten years after entry, the median Refrigeration School Inc student earns $52,953 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is a strength: 76% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $8,233, 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 0.16 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 76% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 76% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 84% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 34:1 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. 2,218 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,218 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,289 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($26,142 versus $33,050), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 77% of students at an average of $6,961. Most students borrow — 69% 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 · 1,047 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 | $26,142 |
| $30–48k | $25,667 |
| $48–75k | $27,538 |
| $75–110k | $30,732 |
| $110k+ | $33,050 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,521 of these 2,218 students, totalling $10,117,444 — an average of $6,652 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)