10-yr median earnings
$34,857
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ASPIRA City College
ASPIRA City College is a private nonprofit institution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $34,857
- 10-yr median earnings
- 50.0%
- Acceptance rate
- $13,671
- Avg net price / yr
The verdict
ASPIRA City College pairs modest former-student earnings with a selective admit.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 32nd pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 50.0%
- acceptance rate
- +58%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this ASPIRA City College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
40/100
ASPIRA City College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$34,857
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price C+
$13,671
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
24.3%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$13,671
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - ASPIRA City College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How ASPIRA City College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
ASPIRA City College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$34,857 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | ASPIRA City College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $34,857 | #3478 of 5103 | 32nd |
| Average net price | $13,671 | #1835 of 5020 | 63rd (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 8 | #5419 of 5462 | 1st |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
8
Undergraduate enrollment
50.0%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
-
150%-time completion
$34,857
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How ASPIRA City College ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | ASPIRA City College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $34,857 | #214 of 270 | 21st |
| Average net price | $13,671 | #38 of 264 | 86th (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 8 | #280 of 282 | 1st |
Highest former-student earnings in Pennsylvania
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | $138,767 | - |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University | $114,862 | $31,944 |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | $111,371 | $28,699 |
| 4 | Lehigh University | $105,584 | $36,931 |
| 5 | Villanova University | $100,423 | $43,756 |
| 6 | Bucknell University | $93,807 | $40,766 |
| 7 | Lafayette College | $91,410 | $34,433 |
| 8 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | $86,881 | $29,689 |
| 9 | Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster | $86,881 | $42,478 |
| 10 | Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing | $86,138 | - |
| 11 | Drexel University | $84,648 | $38,509 |
| 12 | Swarthmore College | $80,257 | $23,149 |
| 214 | ASPIRA City CollegeThis school | $34,857 | $13,671 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 50.0% |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $12,147 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $12,147 |
| Average Net Price | $13,671 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $12,380 |
| $48,001 – $75,000 | $16,252 |
78.6%
Pell Grant Rate
50.0%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at ASPIRA City College swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $5,120 to $27,225 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -41.3%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$5,120
Highest year
$27,225
Most recent (2023)
$15,727
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $26,8092023 · $15,727
Over the same years, enrollment went -87.5% (96 → 12 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
54.7%
Female
58.3%
First Generation
Outcomes
$21,998
Median Earnings (6yr)
29.3%
Earning Over $25K
24.3%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $21,998 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $34,857 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 29.3% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 24.3% |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
Explore Data-Matched Colleges
Independent Scorecard matches among reporting colleges — not recommendations from the institution or a counselor.
Similar Enrollment and Sector
Other Private Nonprofit institutions closest in reported enrollment, preferring the same Carnegie classification.
Similar Reported Net Price
Other Private Nonprofit institutions with the nearest reported average net price.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at ASPIRA City College? ▼
ASPIRA City College is a private nonprofit institution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The acceptance rate is 50.0%. Undergraduate enrollment is 8 students.
How much do ASPIRA City College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at ASPIRA City College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $34,857 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $21,998.
How much does ASPIRA City College cost? ▼
The average net price at ASPIRA City College is $13,671. In-state tuition is $12,147 and out-of-state tuition is $12,147.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
Where to go next from ASPIRA City College
- Compare ASPIRA City College against schools with similar outcomes at a lower average net price.Find similar schools that cost less
- Browse every reporting college in Pennsylvania side by side.Browse Pennsylvania
- See how fields of study differ on former-student earnings and debt.Explore programs
Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.