College · Private for-profit · Phoenix, AZ · City
Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
Admit rate100%
6-yr median pay$33k
Net price / yr$37k
Undergrad size1,229
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $37k/yr for a shot at a $33k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 100% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
1,229 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $42k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $37k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$168k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$147k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$22k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback4.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $26.0k
How students pay for it.
Pell grants60%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans81%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$10k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention74%
Watch this number.
6-yr median pay$33k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$35k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 1,229
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Accreditor
- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic46%
- White28%
- Black12%
- Two or more races9%
- Asian4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students54%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time19%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$17k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.