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South Mountain Community College
Phoenix, AZ · Public · 3,645 students · mostly certificate degrees
20th-cheapest of 87 Arizona colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$12,780
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$18,898
Graduation rate
16%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$39,825
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$8,000
Pell grant recipients
30%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
104 programsArt/Art Studies, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma245 grads/yrGeneral Studies · Associate's Degree244 grads/yrBehavioral Sciences · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma57 grads/yrElectrician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma34 grads/yrBusiness/Commerce, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma30 grads/yrCarpentry/Carpenter · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma29 grads/yrModeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma28 grads/yrBusiness Administration and Management, General · Associate's Degree24 grads/yrBehavioral Sciences · Associate's Degree20 grads/yrNatural Sciences · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma18 grads/yrPhysical Sciences, General · Associate's Degree16 grads/yrCriminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree13 grads/yrWaldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Associate's Degree13 grads/yrModeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation · Associate's Degree12 grads/yrPsychology, General · Associate's Degree8 grads/yrAccounting · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma7 grads/yrDeaf Studies · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma7 grads/yrCriminal Justice and Corrections, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma7 grads/yrAccounting · Associate's Degree6 grads/yrComputer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree6 grads/yrBusiness/Commerce, General · Associate's Degree5 grads/yrComputer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma5 grads/yrComputer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Associate's Degree4 grads/yrEntrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma4 grads/yrComputer Programming/Programmer, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma4 grads/yr
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.