Scottsdale, AZ · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
Penrose Academy is a private for-profit institution in Scottsdale, AZ, where the highest award offered is a certificate. It enrolls about 403 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 15:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: penrose.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at Penrose Academy is $12,675 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 54 Arizona colleges that do report one is $11,116.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion | Public | 53,782 | — |
| Scottsdale Community College | Public | 5,377 | $2,358 |
| Arizona Culinary Institute | Private for-profit | 149 | $27,695 |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science - Arizona | Private nonprofit | — | $3,257 |
Tuition is in-state tuition for schools that report one, otherwise the published tuition for the largest program. Source: College Scorecard.
| Median earnings 10 years after enrolling | $35,839 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 90% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $6,333 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 21% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 29% |
| First-generation students | 42% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for Penrose Academy's largest program is $12,675 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
Penrose Academy enrolls about 403 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 15:1.
Penrose Academy is a private for-profit institution in Scottsdale, AZ. Its highest award is a certificate, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. Penrose Academy does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.
Median earnings ten years after enrolling at Penrose Academy are $35,839 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among Penrose Academy graduates who borrowed is $6,333, according to College Scorecard.