College · Private nonprofit · Glendale, AZ · Suburb
Arizona Christian University
Glendale, AZ
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate71%
6-yr median pay$40k
Net price / yr$33k
Undergrad size1,165
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $33k/yr for a shot at a $40k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 71% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 20.
If you get in
1,165 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $55k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $33k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$219k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$131k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$88k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.1k
- Room & board
- $14.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,870
How students pay for it.
Pell grants34%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans70%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention54%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr40%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$40k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out29%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,165
- Location
- Glendale, AZ
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White48%
- Hispanic28%
- Black9%
- Two or more races6%
- International4%
- Unknown2%
- Asian1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students38%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time6%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$36k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 17
What you can study.