Prescott College
Prescott, AZ · Private · Small city · PC · Prescot College · Prescott Center for Alternative Education · Prescott University
Private institution in Prescott, AZ · 253 undergraduates · 99% acceptance rate · $42,359 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 20%Median graduate debt
- Top 21%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $20,9061,164th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $35,6851,521st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $35,6851,471st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $47,2281,405th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $16,300378th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,3591,504th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,5391,619th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 35.9%1,624th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 75.0%972nd highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 98.6%1,517th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2531,834th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1304th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 47.3%448th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 81 mi (PHX)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- Yes
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 23 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical SystemsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyPsychology | bachelors | — | — |
| Community Organization and AdvocacyPublic Administration | bachelors | — | — |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Education, GeneralEducation | bachelors | — | — |
| Education, OtherEducation | bachelors | — | — |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchNatural Resources | bachelors | — | — |
| Natural Resources and Conservation, OtherNatural Resources | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websiteprescott.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 105589)
- Compare colleges in AZRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in ArizonaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Prescott College vs Sessions College for Professional DesignHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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