Universal Technical
Institute of Arizona Inc
For-profit College in Avondale, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 70%. Median 10-year earnings $52,873.
Ten years after entry, the median Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc student earns $52,873 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is a strength: 70% of students finish within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,124. It also moves people — 3.2% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 70% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 83%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 36:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,612 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $29,129 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $27,707 at $0–30k against $34,693 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 69% get grants averaging $4,924, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 58% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 929 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 | $27,707 |
| $30–48k | $29,434 |
| $48–75k | $30,517 |
| $75–110k | $32,143 |
| $110k+ | $34,693 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,528 of these 2,612 students, totalling $9,308,380 — an average of $6,092 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)