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The University of Arizona Global Campus

Chandler, Arizona · Large city

Admit rate
$31,266
Avg net price
11%
Graduation rate
$35,404
Median earnings

The University of Arizona Global Campus is a public bachelor's-granting institution in Chandler, Arizona (large city setting), enrolling 20,152 undergraduates.

PublicLarge · 20,152 undergradsLarge cityNear the coast

About Chandler, Arizona

Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and a suburb in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1891, Dr. Alexander John Chandler, a Canadian and the first veterinary surgeon in the Arizona Territory, settled on a ranch south of Mesa and studied irrigation engineering. Chandler holds an annual Ostrich Festival at Tumbleweed Park to commemorate when ostrich farms in the area produced plumes for women's hats during the 1910s. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
8 miles to San Diego, CA
To the ocean
7 miles
Nearest airport
7 miles to San Diego (SAN) · major hub

How The University of Arizona Global Campus compares

Graduation rate11%

Higher than 3% · #16 of 18 in Arizona

First-year retention35%

Higher than 2%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,404

Higher than 8% · #16 of 19 in Arizona

Average net price$31,266

Cheaper than 13% · #10 cheapest of 17 in Arizona

Median debt at graduation$31,250

Lower than 2%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 50%

Undergraduate enrollment20,152

Larger than 95%

Percentiles compare The University of Arizona Global Campus with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Arizona.

The University of Arizona Global Campus campus

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

27,043students
  • Undergraduate20,15275%
  • Graduate6,89125%

Undergraduates by gender

20,152undergrads
  • Women15,71778%
  • Men4,43522%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White37%
  • Black29%
  • Hispanic21%
  • Asian2.5%
  • Other or multiracial9.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
20,152
Graduate enrollment
6,891
Student–faculty ratio
13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
32%
First-generation students
54%
Students over 25
86%
Median family income
$17,066
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$64,017

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$11,960
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,150
Total cost of attendance
$37,594
Average net price
$31,266

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 (within 6 years)
11%
Graduated on time (4 years)
3%
First-year retention
35%
Transferred to another college
20%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$33,397
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$35,404
Median debt at graduation
$31,250
Students with federal loans
33%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
19%

About 8% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
3%
Low-income (Pell)
16%
First-generation
16%

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.

< $30k
$31,009
$30–48k
$31,862
$48–75k
$33,319
$75–110k
$32,953
$110k+
$33,593

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.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$170,807

$33,319/year × about 5.1 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

100%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,157
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 100% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,157. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 657 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$35,404
Typical debt at graduation
$31,250
Debt vs. one year's pay
88%
Out-earn a HS grad
51%

Typical debt would take roughly 8.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

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
$32,816
Men
$45,946

Men out-earn women by $13,130 (40%) 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
82°F
Winter low
45°F
Annual rain
11″

Average temperature

HighLow
40°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.32.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, San Diego Montgomery Fld, CA US station (0.8 mi from campus).

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.