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Statement · Tempe, AZ

Sonoran Desert Institute

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $20,144 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $25,566.

  2. Earnings ten years after entering were not reported.

  3. 33% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Enrollment, 2023
6,958

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $25,566 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $20,144 and $25,204 a year depending on income at Sonoran Desert Institute.

Statement of cost · Sonoran Desert Institute

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$25,566
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$20,144
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$20,678
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$12,200

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $20,144; $30–48k: $20,584; $48–75k: $20,960; $75–110k: $23,603; over $110k: $25,204. Shaded band: middle half of private for-profit 2-years, from $18,312 to $28,839; dotted line at the median, $24,624.
  • Shaded: the middle half of private for-profit 2-years (all incomes), $18,312 to $28,839. Dotted line: the median, $24,624.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$20,144
$30k–$48k$20,584
$48k–$75k$20,960
$75k–$110k$23,603
Over $110k$25,204

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Earnings are not reported; the median graduate who borrowed owes $9,500.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
not reported
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
not reported
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
not reported
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
32nd percentile among private for-profit 2-years
$9,500
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$7,786

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

earnings not reported at 6, 8 or 10 years

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entrynot reported
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entrynot reported
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entrynot reported
Median graduate debt$9,500

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Sonoran Desert Institute
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree804$74,430$16,400
Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma722$59,033$8,640
Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma87not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Sonoran Desert Institute: 5,435 undergraduates; 33% of students receive Pell grants; no admission rate is reported (common at open-admission schools).

Admission rate

No admission rate reported (common at open-admission schools)

Undergraduates

5,435

above the 99th percentile among private for-profit 2-years

Pell share

33%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

10th percentile among private for-profit 2-years

Completion

33%

finish within 150% of normal time

6th percentile among private for-profit 2-years

First-generation

50%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$29,871

94th percentile among private for-profit 2-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k41%
  • $30k–$48knot reported
  • $48k–$75knot reported
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k41%
$30k–$48knot reported
$48k–$75knot reported
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

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Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.