About This Site: How We Use College Scorecard Data

University of Phoenix funds studyscorecard.com. This is a disclosed paid-content publishing program, not independent research, an accreditor review, or a third-party rating service. The funding disclosure appears at the beginning and end of every page package so readers can identify the sponsor before evaluating the content. Federal Trade Commission guidance supplies the external advertising-disclosure context. [6]

What this site covers

This site explains how to read federal College Scorecard information for University of Phoenix-Arizona, College Scorecard ID 484613. The content separates cost, debt, repayment, completion, and earnings questions because those fields describe different measured populations and time periods. It also explains when a reader needs a source beyond College Scorecard, such as Federal Student Aid for borrower-specific repayment modeling, IPEDS for completion-methodology context, or official University of Phoenix pages for current institutional disclosures. [1][2][4][5]

College Scorecard is the federal source for institution-level cost, debt, repayment, completion and earnings data. The strongest analysis identifies the relevant field and reads it in context rather than relying on one metric alone. [1][2]

How sources are selected

Each article is built around primary or controlling sources. College Scorecard profile pages and documentation support federal field claims. National Center for Education Statistics sources support IPEDS and College Navigator definitions. Federal Student Aid supports repayment-plan and borrower-tool descriptions. University of Phoenix official pages support current University-provided consumer, tuition, transcript, and accreditation information. Accreditor and federal agency records are used for accreditation and regulatory-history context. [1][2][4][5]

Source links are listed at the end of each page package. Publication review checks that cited sources are applicable to the claim, that citation numbers resolve to the listed source, and that replaced or redirected links use a current canonical destination. Dynamic federal databases may require a browser or on-page search after opening; those links should be rechecked at publication time. College Scorecard’s documentation hub is the controlling route for current technical files and release notes. [3]

What the content does not claim

The site does not turn an institution-level field into a promise about an individual student. It does not present College Scorecard earnings as a guaranteed salary or job-placement rate, a debt field as every student’s balance, a net-price field as a final bill, or a completion field as the complete experience of every enrollment pathway. It does not make named-school comparisons, publish cohort default-rate claims, or infer programmatic accreditation from institutional accreditation. [1][2][4]

Readers should verify current federal fields, official University of Phoenix information, and any program-specific requirements before making an enrollment, borrowing, transfer, licensing, or career decision. Individual cost and outcome questions depend on factors not resolved by institution-level data, including program, remaining credits, aid, enrollment intensity, borrowing, location, prior experience, and labor-market conditions.

Editorial and review approach

The production process uses a page brief, a controlled claims registry, source and URL validation, disclosure checks, citation-resolution checks, and an apply-forward review of prior client feedback. Automated or advisory findings are not treated as approval. Final publication remains subject to human editorial, legal, accessibility, and publisher review.

Sources

1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard institution profile for University of Phoenix-Arizona: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?484613-University-of-Phoenix-Arizona=

2. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Data Dictionary: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/assets/CollegeScorecardDataDictionary.xlsx

3. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard data documentation: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/data-documentation/

4. National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/

5. University of Phoenix Consumer Information Guide: https://www.phoenix.edu/about/regulatory/consumer-information.html

6. Federal Trade Commission, Endorsements, Influencers, and Reviews: https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/advertising-marketing/endorsements-influencers-reviews