Sonoran Desert Institute Overview

Located in Tempe, Arizona, Sonoran Desert Institute is a private for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Sonoran Desert Institute Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Sonoran Desert Institute is 5%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Sonoran Desert Institute.
• In <nil>, 4% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Sonoran Desert Institute?

Contact details for Sonoran Desert Institute are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1555 W University Dr., Suite 103, Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone:	480-314-2102
Website:	www.sdi.edu

How Do I Get Into Sonoran Desert Institute?

You can apply to Sonoran Desert Institute online at: https://www.sdi.edu/apply-info/

Since Sonoran Desert Institute has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Sonoran Desert Institute?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Sonoran Desert Institute, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $7,686 a year. That adds up to $30,744 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Sonoran Desert Institute is 5.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Sonoran Desert Institute Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,009 undergraduate students at Sonoran Desert Institute, with 2,196 being full-time and 813 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,196 full-time undergraduates at Sonoran Desert Institute, 98% are male and 2% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Sonoran Desert Institute students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	13
Black or African American	129
Hispanic or Latino	259
White	1,603
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	192

Online Learning at Sonoran Desert Institute

In 2020-2021, 3,009 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Sonoran Desert Institute has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 7th most popular in Arizona for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Sonoran Desert Institute

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Sonoran Desert Institute was 20.2%. This is the #698 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Sonoran Desert Institute regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.