Sonoran Desert Institute
Sonoran Desert Institute is a small university located in Tempe, AZ.
At a glance
- Acceptance rate: 100%
- Average net price: $20,678
- Undergraduate enrollment: 8,434
- Graduation rate (150%): 33%
- 8-year Outcome Measures award rate: 51%
- Student to faculty ratio: 32:1
- Control: Private for-profit
- Locale: City, midsize
- Calendar: Other
- City: Tempe, AZ
Majors and programs
The most common programs at Sonoran Desert Institute include Gunsmithing, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Technology.
- Gunsmithing (2,121 associate)
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Technology (248 bachelor's)
Award levels offered: Certificates, Associate, Bachelor's.
Cost
Sonoran Desert Institute students from families earning $0 to $30,000 pay about $19,056 a year after aid.
- Net price, $0 to $30,000: $19,056
- Net price, $30,001 to $48,000: $19,912
- Net price, $48,001 to $75,000: $20,531
- Net price, $75,001 to $110,000: $23,034
- Net price, $110,001 and above: $23,792
- In-state tuition and fees: $12,200
- Out-of-state tuition and fees: $12,200
- Books and supplies: $0
- Off-campus room and board: $13,984
- Off-campus with family: $864
- Typical cost of attendance: $12,200
- Sticker vs net gap: -6949%
- Students receiving any aid: 100%
- Pell Grant recipients: 33%
- Federal loan recipients: 28%
- Average federal loan: $7,471
- Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Admissions
Sonoran Desert Institute has open admissions. Every applicant who applies is admitted.
Who actually goes here
- Undergraduates: 8,434
- Women: 3%
- Part-time undergraduates: 42%
- Age 25 and older: 87%
- Graduation rate: 33%
- Come back after freshman year: 69%
- First-generation: 50%
Faculty and campus
- Full-time faculty: 4%
- Student to faculty: 32:1
- Study abroad: Not available
- Online programs: Available
Common questions
What is the Sonoran Desert Institute acceptance rate? Sonoran Desert Institute has open admissions, so the acceptance rate is 100%.
How much does Sonoran Desert Institute cost? Students from families earning $0 to $30,000 pay about $19,056 a year after aid. Average net price is $20,678.
What majors does Sonoran Desert Institute offer? Popular programs include Gunsmithing, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Technology.
What is the Sonoran Desert Institute graduation rate? In the IPEDS Outcome Measures cohort, 51% earned an award within eight years. The first-time, full-time 150% graduation rate is 33%.
Scorecard earnings and debt cover Title IV aid recipients, not cash-pay or private-loan students. Sonoran Desert Institute official site: see the campus website.