Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Institute of Technology

Clovis, CA · 12 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$358,046 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
−131%Modeled 10-year ROI
$36,459Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
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
−$358,046at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$272,6360
2
4
6
8
−$358,04610
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 tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net price$23,159
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$29,228
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
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
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$23,159Average net price / year
$29,228Cost of attendance
$9,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$101/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$36,459Median earnings · year 5 after completion
73.5%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,377Student 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$21,889
$30–48k$23,069
$48–75k$21,729
$75–110k$26,064
$110k+$28,337
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$36,459
Year 6$33,354
Year 10$35,095
Full-time retention
80.5%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
75.1%

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.

31thEarnings percentile
73thCompletion 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.

$37,595Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$10,870Median federal debt across categories that report debt
60%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$33,938Year 1
$43,172Year 4
$36,459Year 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.

1Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$68,9782Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$62,2673Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$56,7174Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$52,9515Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$39,3786Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$37,5957Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,6298Culinary Arts and Related Services · Associate's Degree$34,943

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

Strongest relative outcomes

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.

1Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree · $68,978 reported+63%vs same-degree national median$26,064federal debt2Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $62,267 reported+11%vs same-degree national median$16,719federal debt3Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $52,951 reported+10%vs same-degree national median$9,500federal debt4Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $37,595 reported+10%vs same-degree national median$9,500federal debt5Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, OtherUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $35,629 reported+9%vs same-degree national median$10,870federal debt6Culinary Arts and Related ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $31,421 reported+3%vs same-degree national median$9,500federal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$68,978$26,064Not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$62,267$16,719Not reported
Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$56,717Not availableNot reported
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$52,951$9,500149
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$39,378$13,852Not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$37,595$9,500155
Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, OtherUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,629$10,87084
Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree$34,943$17,298Not reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,315$9,50058
Culinary Arts and Related ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$31,421$9,50037
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$13,34156
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$9,70341

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.