Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

ATA College

Louisville, KY · 11 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$396,744 over 10 years

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

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−135%Modeled 10-year ROI
$34,770Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
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
−$396,744at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$294,4440
2
4
6
8
−$396,74410
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 tuition$14,200
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$14,200
Sticker price
Average net price$28,611
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$31,920
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$28,611Average net price / year
$31,920Cost of attendance
$34,770Median earnings · year 5 after completion
46.2%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
363Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

28thEarnings percentile
32thCompletion 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.

$39,009Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$25,563Median federal debt across categories that report debt
36%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$35,427Year 1
$40,854Year 4
$34,770Year 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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$82,6292Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Associate's Degree$57,0733Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$56,5054Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,5515Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$39,7276Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$39,0097Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,7488Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,583

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Observed earnings · year 5
$27,986
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
$28,133
Observed earnings · year 5
$43,302
Modeled 10-year ROI
-106%
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Annual net price
$19,909
Observed earnings · year 5
$30,902
Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$82,629$43,416
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate's Degree$57,073$32,477
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$56,505$28,849
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,551$20,145
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$39,727$24,500
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$39,009$25,563
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,748$12,930
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,583Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,593Not available
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,110$16,640
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree$30,526$29,162

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.