The University
of Arizona Global Campus
Public College in Chandler, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 10%. Median 10-year earnings $35,404.
Ten-year median earnings of $35,404 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 10% graduate within six years. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $31,250 at graduation.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.88 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 10% — below national average
Academics
Only 10% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential. 35% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 19% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 23,734 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $32,265 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $31,009 at $0–30k, $33,593 at $110k+. Most students get help: 95% receive grants worth $6,352 on average. About 35% 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 · 592 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 | $31,009 |
| $30–48k | $31,862 |
| $48–75k | $33,319 |
| $75–110k | $32,953 |
| $110k+ | $33,593 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 8,282 of these 23,734 students, totalling $59,735,841 — an average of $7,213 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Diego County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)