10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$395,300at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
ATA Career Education
⌖ Spring Hill, FL · 8 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$395,300 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
−135%Modeled 10-year ROI
$34,770Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- Main award level
- Certificates
- Campus setting
- Suburban
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$28,250Average net price / year
$32,225Cost of attendance
$21,030Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$223/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$34,770Median earnings · year 5 after completion
66.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
201Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
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.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$35,427Year 1
$40,854Year 4
$34,770Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$82,6292Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$56,5053Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,5514Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$39,7275Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$39,0096Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,7487Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,1108Health and Medical Administrative Services · Associate's Degree$30,526Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
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.
1Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $42,551 reported+20%vs same-degree national median$20,145federal debt2Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $36,748 reported+9%vs same-degree national median$12,930federal debt3Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $82,629 reported+2%vs same-degree national median$43,416federal debt4Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $56,505 reported+1%vs same-degree national median$28,849federal debt5Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $34,110 reported-0%vs same-degree national median$16,640federal debt6Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree · $39,009 reported-8%vs same-degree national median$25,563federal debt
Comparable colleges in FL
Currently operating private for-profit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Miramar, FL
Concorde Career Institute-Miramar
- Annual net price
- $27,673
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $35,405
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -133%
Arizona College of Nursing-Sarasota
- Annual net price
- $28,945
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $34,040
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -137%
South Florida Institute of Technology
- Annual net price
- $31,695
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $34,791
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -133%
Concorde Career Institute-Tampa
- Annual net price
- $26,077
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $36,212
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -131%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $82,629 | $43,416 | Not reported |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $56,505 | $28,849 | 52 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $42,551 | $20,145 | 6 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's Degree | $39,727 | $24,500 | Not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate's Degree | $39,009 | $25,563 | Not reported |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $36,748 | $12,930 | 16 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $34,110 | $16,640 | 11 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Associate's Degree | $30,526 | $29,162 | Not reported |
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.