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Public Community College

Western Maricopa
Education Center

Public Community College in Glendale, AZ.

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Western Maricopa Education Center · Campus
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Academics

Full-time retention
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Transfer-out rate
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Student:faculty
9:1

No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 382, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.

Financial Aid

Average net price
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Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
47%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
16%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 381 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

No average net price is published here, so the cost side of this page is incomplete. Treat the participation rates as a signal about aid, not about price. Only 47% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 16% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.

Federal student loans went to 61 of these 381 students, totalling $268,642 — an average of $4,404 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.

Studio
$1,457/mo
1 bedroom
$1,583/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,839/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
33
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
No

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Western Maricopa Education Center

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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