Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 26 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 19 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing7 · 26.9%
- No Data19 · 73.1%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Distance Education Accrediting Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Action history · 10
- Jan 2025Renewal of AccreditationDistance Education Accrediting Commission
- Sep 2024Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNDNP) - Nursing education programs at the doctorate degree levels
- Jun 2024Removal of Show Cause StatusDistance Education Accrediting Commission
- Mar 2024Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show CauseDistance Education Accrediting Commission
- Sep 2023Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show CauseDistance Education Accrediting Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 183 students received $978K in Pell grants, alongside $6.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 468 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (0.4%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Aspen
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Aspen vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Aspen selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAspen University | 27% | — | 3,511 | — | — |
| — | — | 2,676 | $23,662 | — | |
| — | — | 4,530 | $27,830 | — | |
| 38% | — | 739 | $30,072 | — | |
| 50% | 90.9% | 693 | $40,096 | — | |
| — | — | 118 | — | — | |
| Peer group median | 38% | 90.9% | 1,708 | $28,951 |
Institutions like Aspen
Explore the federal data for institutions in Aspen's comparison group.
- Arizona
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,676Net price$23,662View data - Texas
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment4,530Net price$27,830View data - Arizona
Brookline College-Phoenix
Grad rate38%Admit rate—Enrollment739Net price$30,072View data - Arizona
Chamberlain University-Arizona
Grad rate50%Admit rate90.9%Enrollment693Net price$40,096View data - Arizona
Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine & Acupuncture
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment118Net price—View data
Aspen Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides an overview of the Institutional Research & Assessment of Student Learning at Aspen University. It covers the University's mission-based outcomes and learning achievement targets for both graduate and undergraduate programs. Additionally, it offers contact information including a phone number and physical address.
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