Yavapai College

Overview

Rankings

• #5 Best Master's Programs in Arizona
• #7 Most Affordable Colleges in Arizona
• #9 Best Online Colleges in Arizona

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Yavapai College? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Based in Prescott, Arizona, Yavapai College enrolls students across a range of programs. The graduation rate is roughly 33%.

Full-Time Faculty

28%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$8,639

Student–Faculty Ratio

18:1

Diversity Index

0.58

First-Gen Students

50%

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Yavapai College? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Yavapai College is $9,486, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $8,683. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $7,882 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $9,000 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$2,948

Out-of-State

$9,486

Avg Net Price

$8,683

Median Debt

$9,000

Pell Grant Rate

21%

Federal Loan Rate

4%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Yavapai College — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Yavapai College Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Yavapai College report median earnings of $39,890, a figure worth comparing against the cost of attendance before enrolling.

6 Years After Entry

$35,028

8 Years

$38,338

10 Years

$39,890

Debt-to-Earnings

0.23x

Earning > $25K

46%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Yavapai College Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Yavapai College is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 1.96%, well above the typical college. Access is a real strength here. Roughly 17.1% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile, a high share that gives low-income students a real foothold. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 11.5% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $58,900, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

1.96%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

11.5%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

17.1%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$80,024

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Yavapai College? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs around the national average at Yavapai College. Its economic connectedness score is 0.99, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias sits near the middle of the range (0.05). Around 5% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

0.99

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

0.05

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

5.4%

Support Ratio

0.98

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Investment Income

$70,831

Top Programs

The fields Yavapai College awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Humanities 32%
• Health Professions 20% $70,317 early-career
• Business & Marketing 11% $34,410 early-career
• Mechanic & Repair Tech 8% $33,980 early-career
• Construction Trades 5%
• Criminal Justice 4% $56,154 early-career
• Computer Science & IT 4%
• Precision Production 4%

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.