Scottsdale Community College

What are the graduation rates for students at Scottsdale Community College?

SCC's reported overall graduation rate was 17% in the 2024-25 IPEDS reporting data. This is a cohort measure, not the percentage of everyone who attended SCC and eventually earned a credential.

The standard federal graduation-rate measure focuses on first-time, full-time students completing within 150% of a program's normal time. It does not describe transfer-in students or many part-time and returning students, and students who transfer elsewhere without completing an SCC credential are not counted as SCC graduates in that measure. The rate is therefore important to examine, but it cannot by itself explain why individual students left or whether they met a transfer goal.

Prospective students can make the figure more useful by asking their intended program how often required courses are offered and mapping the number of credits they can realistically take each term.

What is the earning potential for graduates at Scottsdale Community College?

Future earnings are a useful question for SCC applicants, but one salary figure would not describe the outcomes of students across transfer, certificate and career programs. Earnings comparisons need to identify the credential, the group of former students measured, the time since enrollment or completion, and whether the statistic is a median or an average.

For a student planning to transfer, earnings associated with SCC alone would also omit the possible effect of a later bachelor's degree. For a career-program applicant, local job openings, licensing requirements, wages for entry-level work and the cost of completing the credential are practical measures to consider alongside any published earnings statistic. None of these measures guarantees an individual salary or job offer.