+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Sonoran Desert Institute rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($10.9k → $12.2k).
Arizona · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Sonoran Desert Institute
Tempe, Arizona. 4,763 undergraduate students. 3 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Sonoran Desert Institute
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Sonoran Desert Institute fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.0% → 0.0%).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Sonoran Desert Institute rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($10.9k → $12.2k).
+81%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Sonoran Desert Institute rose 81% between 2021 and 2024 (3.0k → 5.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Arizona
Each tile compares this institution to the Arizona median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
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Arizona median $39,817—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry32.3%
Arizona median 43.0%$7,786-37% · '16→'20
At program completion4,763+313% · '16→'24
latest IPEDS73.0%+10% · '16→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$12,280+44% · '16→'24
out-of-state $12,280SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+313%
Sonoran Desert Institute · undergrad enrollment rose
1,315 → 5,435
+44%
Sonoran Desert Institute · in-state tuition rose
$8,490 → $12,200
+44%
Sonoran Desert Institute · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,490 → $12,200
-37%
Sonoran Desert Institute · median debt fell
$15,171 → $9,500
-100%
Sonoran Desert Institute · cohort default rate fell
50.0% → 0.0%
+650%
Sonoran Desert Institute · pell share rose
0.0% → 32.5%
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
2 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Arizona
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Sonoran Desert Institute graduates earn $X” — not “Sonoran Desert Institute makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Sonoran Desert Institute caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.