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Sonoran Desert Institute
Tempe, AZ · Private (for-profit) · 5,435 students · mostly certificate degrees
44th-cheapest of 87 Arizona colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$20,678
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$25,566
Graduation rate
33%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
—
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$9,500
Pell grant recipients
33%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
3 programsWatchmaking and Jewelrymaking · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma722 grads/yr$85,119Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking · Associate's Degree804 grads/yr$54,922
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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