Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville

Pikeville, KY · 2 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$25,850 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.

11.0 yrsModeled economic break-even
−9%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
−$25,850at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$293,9000
2
4
6
8
−$25,85010
Years after graduationBreak-even: 11.0 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$16,364
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$16,364
Sticker price
Average net price$28,475
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$34,556
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$28,475Average net price / year
$34,556Cost of attendance
$71,805Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
169Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

91thEarnings percentile
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 · Associate's Degree$80,9882Practical 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 KY

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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Annual net price
$21,164
Observed earnings · year 5
$71,805
Modeled 10-year ROI
+1%
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Galen College of Nursing-Louisville

Annual net price
$18,540
Observed earnings · year 5
$71,805
Modeled 10-year ROI
+5%
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Sullivan University

Annual net price
$25,532
Observed earnings · year 5
$47,630
Modeled 10-year ROI
-91%
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Beckfield College-Florence

Annual net price
$28,133
Observed earnings · year 5
$43,302
Modeled 10-year ROI
-106%
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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$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.