Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora

Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora operates as a private for-profit institution located in Aurora, Colorado (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 336 students of which 347 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora is categorized as “-2” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 100.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $37,153, with published in-state tuition of $24,653 and a Pell grant recipient share of 63.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $9,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, and the first-year retention rate is 45.8%. Graduates earn a median of $34,657 ten years after enrolling, compared with $32,840 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 141000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 41.8% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.