Paradise Valley Community College
Phoenix, Arizona
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 5,117 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Food Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,934
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Computer Systems AnalysisCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,085
- Computer Systems AnalysisAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,333
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 125 finishedGraduates here earned $48,346 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 81 finishedGraduates here earned $77,031 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (71)
- Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical SystemsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,874
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,863
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $22,988
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Atmospheric Sciences and MeteorologyAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $29,515
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 84 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $58,916
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 40 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $42,657
- DanceAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $22,117
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $38,618
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $23,873
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $22,567
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 1 finished
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 53 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $51,339
- Fine and Studio ArtsCertificate · 198 finishedNationally: $32,800
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $25,749
- Geography and CartographyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,792
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,448
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $24,502
- HistoryAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Homeland SecurityCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $51,940
- Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $40,754
- Human Resources Management and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $48,237
- JournalismAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $28,005
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 208 finishedGraduates here earned $35,676 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- LiteratureAssociate degree · 1 finished
- Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $66,894
- MarketingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,966
- MarketingAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $38,094
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $38,048
- MusicAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,576
- Natural SciencesCertificate · 14 finished
- Non-Professional Legal StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $34,993
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,648
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 20 finishedNationally: $34,698
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Public HealthCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $42,865
- Public HealthAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,417
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Real EstateCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Religion/Religious StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,435
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $39,278
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,917
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $39,731
- Social WorkAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $34,827
- SociologyAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Sustainability StudiesAssociate degree · 12 finished
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $9,868per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $17,031sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $2,358Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 7%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 16%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $44,6176 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $52,72110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $7,304federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 22%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 40%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Paradise Valley Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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