Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Galen Health Institutes-Gainesville

Gainesville, FL · 3 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$30,186 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.

11.1 yrsModeled economic break-even
−10%Modeled 10-year ROI
$71,805Observed 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
−$30,186at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$298,2360
2
4
6
8
−$30,18610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 11.1 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$17,048
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$17,048
Sticker price
Average net price$29,559
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$35,576
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$29,559Average net price / year
$35,576Cost of attendance
$24,166Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$256/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$71,805Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
668Student 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$29,125
$30–48k$30,177
$48–75k$32,152
$75–110k$30,622
$110k+$29,661
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$71,805
Year 6$58,951
Year 10$61,480
Full-time retention
62.5%
Part-time retention
25.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
Not available

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.

91thEarnings 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.

$80,988Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$34,859Median federal debt across categories that report debt
100%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$67,307Year 1
$79,047Year 4
$71,805Year 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 · Bachelor's Degree$91,8622Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$80,9883Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$64,240

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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.

Sarasota, FL

Galen Health Institutes-Sarasota

Annual net price
$28,476
Observed earnings · year 5
$71,805
Modeled 10-year ROI
-9%
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Saint Petersburg, FL

Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay

Annual net price
$28,197
Observed earnings · year 5
$71,805
Modeled 10-year ROI
-8%
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Pembroke Pines, FL

Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus

Annual net price
$27,151
Observed earnings · year 5
$71,805
Modeled 10-year ROI
-7%
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Orlando, FL

DeVry University-Florida

Annual net price
$29,477
Observed earnings · year 5
$63,561
Modeled 10-year ROI
-38%
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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 NursingBachelor's Degree$91,862$45,775
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$80,988$34,859
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$64,240$16,642

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.