Scottsdale Community College
Public Community College in Scottsdale, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 17%. Median 10-year earnings $47,905.
Ten years after entry, the median Scottsdale Community College student earns $47,905 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Only 17% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $8,000.
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 17% — below national average
Academics
Only 17% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. With 31% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. At 16:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. With 6,876 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,202 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,504 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($12,138 versus $19,008), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is limited — 33% of students receive any. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 11% of students.
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 · 394 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 | $12,138 |
| $30–48k | $13,132 |
| $48–75k | $14,099 |
| $75–110k | $17,816 |
| $110k+ | $19,008 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 466 of these 4,202 students, totalling $1,752,794 — an average of $3,761 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