Arizona State University Online: Cost and Outcomes (2026)

43% of students who started at ASU Online in 2016-17 earned a credential within eight years, according to College Scorecard’s June 2026 data. Scorecard publishes no tuition or net price for ASU’s online unit, so get your cost from ASU directly.

ASU Online reports to the Department of Education as Arizona State University Digital Immersion, a public unit listed in Scottsdale, AZ, and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). Every undergraduate studied fully online in fall 2024.

ASU Online is a public, online-only unit of ASU accredited by HLC

Fact	ASU Online
Control	Public
Accreditor	Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
Location	Scottsdale, AZ (as reported to the Department of Education)
Undergraduates studying fully online (fall 2024)	100%
Degree-seeking undergraduates (fall 2024)	53,782
Graduate students (fall 2024)	18,768
Undergraduates 25 or older (fall 2023)	59%
Admission rate (fall 2024)	67%
Federal school ID (UNITID)	483124

Scorecard lists no tuition or net price for ASU Online

Scorecard reports tuition and net price for ASU’s Tempe campus but not for Digital Immersion, so a campus figure is not your online price. Check ASU’s tuition page for the program you want.

Two federal aid measures are published for the online unit. 40% of undergraduates had a Pell Grant in 2023-24, and 36% took a federal loan.

For 2026-27, Pell pays up to $7,395 a year to eligible undergraduates, and your own net price depends on your income, family size and state. The aid check stacks Pell, state grants, campus aid and federal loan limits for your numbers in about two minutes, and shows the result before it asks for an email.

43% of ASU Online students earn a credential within eight years

Measure	ASU Online
Earned a credential within 8 years (all students who started in 2016-17)	43%
Graduated within 6 years (first-time, full-time students only)	29%
Median earnings 6 years after starting	$52,843
Median earnings 10 years after starting	$62,668
Graduates’ median earnings 4 years after finishing	$66,968
Graduates’ median federal loan debt	$19,500
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant (2023-24)	40%
Undergraduates with a federal loan (2023-24)	36%

The first-time, full-time rate (29%) is lower than the all-student rate (43%), which suggests transfer and part-time students finished more often here than first-time, full-time starters.

These are school-wide medians. Your payoff depends on the program, the job you target and what you pay.

Special education and psychology produce most ASU Online graduates

These are the online unit’s five largest fields by graduates in 2022-23, from Scorecard’s field-of-study file. All five are offered fully online.

Field and credential	Graduates, 2022-23	Median earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Special Education and Teaching (master's)	1,383	$61,331	$30,750
Psychology, General (bachelor's)	902	$53,586	$19,500
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (bachelor's)	580	$72,002	$18,750
Business Administration, Management and Operations (bachelor's)	577	$82,535	$20,490
Biology, General (bachelor's)	472	$56,037	$18,750

Field and credential Special Education and Teaching (master's)

Graduates, 2022-23 1,383

Median earnings, 4 yrs after $61,331

Median federal debt $30,750

Field and credential Psychology, General (bachelor's)

Graduates, 2022-23 902

Median earnings, 4 yrs after $53,586

Median federal debt $19,500

Field and credential Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (bachelor's)

Graduates, 2022-23 580

Median earnings, 4 yrs after $72,002

Median federal debt $18,750

Field and credential Business Administration, Management and Operations (bachelor's)

Graduates, 2022-23 577

Median earnings, 4 yrs after $82,535

Median federal debt $20,490

Field and credential Biology, General (bachelor's)

Graduates, 2022-23 472

Median earnings, 4 yrs after $56,037

Median federal debt $18,750

Field names are the federal Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) categories Scorecard uses, not ASU program titles. Graduate counts are online only, but earnings and debt pool online and campus graduates of the same field, as with the school-wide figures.

Who ASU Online fits, and the watch-outs

It fits if

• You want a public university, fully online. 100% of undergraduates studied online in fall 2024.
• You are transferring in credits. The all-student 8-year rate (43%) is higher than the first-time, full-time rate (29%).
• You want a large, established online unit. It enrolled 53,782 degree-seeking undergraduates and 18,768 graduate students in fall 2024.

Watch-outs

• No federal cost figure. Scorecard lists no tuition or net price for the online unit, so get a written estimate.
• Most do not finish in eight years. 57% of students who started in 2016-17 had not earned a credential.
• Admission is not automatic. Scorecard reports a 67% admission rate for the online unit.

Check your own aid before you apply to ASU Online

Because Scorecard shows no online net price, your own numbers matter more here. The aid check applies the 2026-27 federal rules to your income and family, takes about two minutes, and shows the result before any email or school contact.

To compare on the same measures, see University of Colorado Online (CU Denver campus data, 51% eight-year rate) or Western Governors University (52%, $12,548 net price).

Degree Sources may refer readers to schools through partners. School matching is optional and comes after you see your aid result. The figures here come from federal data, and this profile does not rank schools.