10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$325,680at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
ETI Technical College of Niles
⌖ Niles, OH · 4 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$325,680 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
−139%Modeled 10-year ROI
$35,898Observed 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 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
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$13,665Average net price / year
$22,732Cost of attendance
$13,805Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$146/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$35,898Median earnings · year 5 after completion
62.5%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
179Student 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
$27,795Year 1
$41,164Year 4
$35,898Year 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.
1Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$59,9492Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$55,6743Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$49,1084Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$31,786Observed 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.
1Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $59,949 reported+43%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $49,108 reported+1%vs same-degree national median$12,255federal debt3Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $55,674 reported-1%vs same-degree national median$25,450federal debt4Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $31,786 reported-7%vs same-degree national median$19,000federal debt
Comparable colleges in OH
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.
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East Ohio College
- Annual net price
- $15,827
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $32,497
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -151%
Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy
- Annual net price
- $13,898
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $28,597
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -170%
Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls
- Annual net price
- $23,374
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $35,925
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -133%
Stautzenberger College-Maumee
- Annual net price
- $21,756
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $33,668
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -142%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $59,949 | Not available | 3 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $55,674 | $25,450 | 9 |
| Precision Metal Working | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $49,108 | $12,255 | 20 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $31,786 | $19,000 | 27 |
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.