Private nonprofit · Community college

ASPIRA City College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: $13,671
Avg net price: 50%
Grad / completion: $34,857
Median earnings

ASPIRA City College is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (large city setting), enrolling 8 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 8 undergradsLarge citySelective · 50% admitCold wintersNear the coast

About Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States. Before the arrival of Europeans in the early 17th century, the Lenape, an Indian tribe also known as the Delaware Indians, lived in the village of Shackamaxon in present-day Philadelphia and the surrounding area. Philadelphia is home to many national historical sites that relate to the founding of the United States. Independence National Historical Park is the center of these historical landmarks and one of the country's 22 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 5 miles to Philadelphia, PA
To the ocean: 3 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Philadelphia (PHL) · major hub

How ASPIRA City College compares

Selectivity50.0%

More selective than 84% · #9 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania

Graduation rate50%

Higher than 37% · #116 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention67%

Higher than 37%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,857

Higher than 49% · #84 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$13,671

Cheaper than 56% · #35 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment8

Larger than 1%

Percentiles compare ASPIRA City College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Pennsylvania.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women450%
Men450%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

Hispanic100%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 8
Student–faculty ratio: 7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 79%
First-generation students: 58%
Students over 25: 36%
Median family income: $7,349
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $40,833

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $12,147
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,203
Total cost of attendance: $18,252
Average net price: $13,671

Admissions

Admission rate: 50.0%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 50%
First-year retention: 67%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $21,998
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,857
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 50%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 20%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$12,380

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$16,252

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $34,857
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 34%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$33,802

Men

$37,728

Men out-earn women by $3,926 (12%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 89°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 50.7″
Annual snow: 16.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Phila Franklin Inst, PA US station (4.5 mi from campus).

What ASPIRA City College graduates study — and earn

Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

5 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

5———Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.