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University or college · Private nonprofit

Prescott College

Prescott, AZ743 online only

Prescott College is a private nonprofit college in Prescott, AZ, with about 166 students on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.

Students on campus
166
plus 743 studying only online
Admission rate
95%
higher than at 86% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$22,583
higher than at 63% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
56%
higher than at 52% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$42,359
higher than at 54% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Prescott College

Little price break for lower-income families

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $22,542 a year after grants, only $2,902 less than the $25,444 paid by families over $110,000. What it costs ↓

Prescott College is very small

About 166 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.

★ What stands out · What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $48,532 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $35,685Room & board $10,902Books & supplies $474Other costs $1,471

After grants, the average family on aid pays $22,583.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$16,537

About $66,148 over 4 years · 66% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Prescott College?

95%

of applicants admitted

About 19 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Prescott College is likely test-optional and admits nearly everyone who applies.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
56%
within 6 years · Pell students 43%
Come back for year two
74%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$42,359
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$16,300
about $173 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

6.2%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$173 a month against about $2,795 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

53%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 63% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$39k
Middle income$30–75k
$46k
Higher incomeover $75k
$44k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Interdisciplinary 25%Psychology 24%Natural resources 17%Education 8%Agriculture 7%Visual & performing arts 6%Everything else 13%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Natural Resources Conservation and Research22 graduates a year · typical debt $14,000
—not reported
Psychology, General22 graduates a year · typical debt $22,233
—not reported
Social Sciences, Other12 graduates a year
—not reported
Outdoor Education10 graduates a year
—not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities8 graduates a year
—not reported
Agricultural Production Operations6 graduates a year
—not reported
Education, General6 graduates a year
—not reported
Sustainability Studies6 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

219 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 64%Hispanic 9%Black 1%Asian 5%

Women and men

Women 72%Men 28%
8 : 1
students per teacher
42%
get Pell grants (lower income)
52%
take federal loans
31%
undergrads 25 or older
22%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Prescott

8% of Prescott’s 48,420 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Prescott pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Prescott College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.