Sonoran Desert Institute

Tempe, Arizona

  • Trade or career school
  • Private for-profit
  • City
  • 5,435 students
  • Online only

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.

Engineering technology

  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 248 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
Other programs (2)
  • Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1,153 finishedGraduates here earned $53,029 a year afterNationally: $44,679
  • Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 968 finishedGraduates here earned $55,623 a year afterNationally: $48,814
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$21,635$30–48k$21,851$48–75k$20,505$75–110k$23,794Over $110k$26,598Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$21,738per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$26,598sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
22%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
45%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$51,8766 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
Not reported10 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$11,306federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
45%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
9%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Sonoran Desert Institute, 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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