College · Private nonprofit · Prescott, AZ · City
Prescott College
Prescott, AZ
Admit rate95%
6-yr median pay$34k
Net price / yr$23k
Undergrad size219
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $23k/yr for a shot at a $34k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 95% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
219 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 $49k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $23k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$194k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$90k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$104k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.7k
- Room & board
- $10.9k
- Books & supplies
- $474
How students pay for it.
Pell grants42%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans52%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$16k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention75%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr56%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$34k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$42k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out24%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 219
- Location
- Prescott, AZ
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Prescot College · Prescott University · Prescott University · Prescott · PC · Prescott Center for Alternative Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White64%
- Unknown21%
- Hispanic9%
- Asian5%
- Black1%
First-gen students23%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time22%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$27k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 21
What you can study.