Sessions College
For-profit College in Tempe, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 40%.
The six-year graduation rate is 40%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $17,813, neither a bargain nor a burden.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
40% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit four-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 152 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,124 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,785 at $0–30k, $21,244 at $110k+. About 53% get grants averaging $5,158, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 51% 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 · 7 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 | $16,785 |
| $30–48k | $14,937 |
| $48–75k | $16,785 |
| $75–110k | $10,667 |
| $110k+ | $21,244 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 78 of these 152 students, totalling $747,091 — an average of $9,578 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)