- The Inkwell
- Arizona
- Aspen University
Phoenix, AZCity: largeZIP 85040Founded 1987
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1987
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other health professions
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2009
- Website
- aspen.edu
ArizonaPrivate for-profit
Aspen University
Aspen University is a private for-profit university in Phoenix, Arizona, with 1,466 undergraduates. It graduates 9.3% within six years and costs $12,698 a year after aid.
9.3%graduate
4-year graduation9.3%
Pell Grant share10%
Federal loans12%
$12,698net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
9.3%graduate in 6 years
$49,178median earnings, 10 yrs
$28,125median debt
#1,291 of 1,704 for earnings#343 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,703 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
- $23,790tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $7,570
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $7,570
- Average net price
- $12,698national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$12,698
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+—
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
Graduation · this college9.3%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college10%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 9.3%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 9.3%
- First-year retention
- —
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 56%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,925
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $49,178middle 50%: $31,934–$101,512
- Median debt at graduation
- $28,125
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$101,512
Median, Aspen University$49,178
Lower quarter$31,934
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
- 1,466
- Part-time
- 96%
- Women / men
- 84% / 16%
- Average age at entry
- 34.6
- First-generation students
- 52%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 10%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 3 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- $5,671 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $2,613
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White47%
Hispanic12%
Black24%
Asian6.9%
Two or more races3.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.7%
Unknown5.3%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions90%
Business & management5.3%
Education2.4%
Psychology2.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 454829. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4807851.