Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

All-State Career School

Essington, PA · 6 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$277,120 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−110%Modeled 10-year ROI
$42,570Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$277,120at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$252,8200
2
4
6
8
−$277,12010
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net price$18,205
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$23,923
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Main award level
Certificates
Campus setting
Suburban
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$18,205Average net price / year
$23,923Cost of attendance
$6,333Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$67/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$42,570Median earnings · year 5 after completion
53.5%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
886Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$17,804
$30–48k$17,751
$48–75k$20,051
$75–110k$20,611
$110k+$23,923
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$42,570
Year 6$37,467
Year 10$38,495
Full-time retention
62.0%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
45.5%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

44thEarnings percentile
42thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$38,337Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$13,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
67%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,603Year 1
$48,534Year 4
$42,570Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Ground Transportation · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,2692Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,8273Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,0454Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,3375Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,5936Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,580

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $38,337 reported+14%vs same-degree national median$14,666federal debt2Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $36,593 reported+3%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $53,269 reported+2%vs same-degree national median$6,333federal debt4Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $34,580 reported+1%vs same-degree national median$10,840federal debt5Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $40,827 reported-16%vs same-degree national median$13,000federal debt6Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $39,045 reported-19%vs same-degree national median$13,000federal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,269$6,333Not reported
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,827$13,0008
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,045$13,00052
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,337$14,66670
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,593Not available1
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,580$10,84057

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.