- The Inkwell
- Arizona
- American InterContinental University System
Chandler, AZCity: largeZIP 85286Founded 1970
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1970
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1986
- Campuses
- 3
- Website
- www.aius.education
ArizonaPrivate for-profit
American InterContinental University System
American InterContinental University System is a private for-profit university in Chandler, Arizona, with 7,111 undergraduates. It graduates 9.8% within six years and costs $16,125 a year after aid.
9.8%graduate
Retention36%
4-year graduation7.2%
Pell Grant share74%
Federal loans73%
$16,125net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
9.8%graduate in 6 years
$42,612median earnings, 10 yrs
$30,084median debt
#1,513 of 1,704 for earnings#573 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,701 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $23,414tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $12,501
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $12,501
- Average net price
- $16,125national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,927
$30,001–48,000$16,261
$48,001–75,000$16,697
$75,001–110,000$19,769
$110,001+$20,640
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college36%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college9.8%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college74%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 9.8%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 7.2%
- First-year retention
- 36%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 15%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $32,228
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,612middle 50%: $23,201–$64,454
- Median debt at graduation
- $30,084
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$64,454
Median, American InterContinental University System$42,612
Lower quarter$23,201
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 7,111
- Part-time
- 5.4%
- Women / men
- 63% / 37%
- Average age at entry
- 33.5
- First-generation students
- 56%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 74%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 36 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- $6,706 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $1,908
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White26%
Hispanic4.7%
Black32%
Asian1.6%
Two or more races3.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.9%
Unknown31%
6 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management64%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting18%
Health professions9.1%
Computer & information sciences8.1%
Psychology0.1%
Liberal arts & humanities0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 445027. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4744166.