Private for-profit · Community college
Brookline College-Tucson
Tucson, Arizona · Large city
- 3%
- Transfer rate
- $22,871
- Avg net price
- 48%
- Grad / completion
- $29,576
- Median earnings
Brookline College-Tucson is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Tucson, Arizona (large city setting), enrolling 218 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is the county seat of and the most populated city in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The Tucson area was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians, who were known to have been in southern Arizona about 12,000 years ago. Recent archaeological excavations near the Santa Cruz River found a village site dating from 2100 BC. The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show is one of the largest gem and mineral shows in the world and has been held for over 50 years. The show is only one part of the gem, mineral, fossil and bead gathering held across more than 45 different sites in Tucson. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 6 miles to Tucson, AZ
- To the ocean
- 147 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to Tucson (TUS) · major hub
How Brookline College-Tucson compares
Higher than 34% · #42 of 72 in Arizona
Higher than 30% · #49 of 61 in Arizona
Cheaper than 23% · #50 cheapest of 70 in Arizona
Lower than 57%
Lower than 21%
Larger than 47%
Percentiles compare Brookline College-Tucson 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 Arizona.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women17480%
- Men4420%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White17%
- Black9.6%
- Hispanic50%
- Asian0.9%
- Other or multiracial22%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 218
- Student–faculty ratio
- 22 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 60%
- First-generation students
- 56%
- Students over 25
- 53%
- Median family income
- $15,004
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $50,373
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $22,871
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 48%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 3%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $32,705
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $29,576
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Students with federal loans
- 55%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 16%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
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.
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.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Brookline College-Tucson funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $29,576
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 32%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 28%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
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.
Men out-earn women by $4,655 (16%) 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
- 100°F
- Winter low
- 42°F
- Annual rain
- 11.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Tucson Wfo, AZ US station (4.6 mi from campus).
What Brookline College-Tucson graduates study — and earn
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.