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Marion Technical College

Ocala, FL · 8 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$305,714 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
−142%Modeled 10-year ROI
$35,961Observed 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
−$305,714at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$215,3240
2
4
6
8
−$305,71410
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$8,831
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$13,021
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
Council on Occupational Education
Main award level
Certificates
Campus setting
City
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

$8,831Average net price / year
$13,021Cost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$35,961Median earnings · year 5 after completion
79.6%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
463Student 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$8,318
$30–48k$8,770
$48–75k$9,655
$75–110k$9,860
$110k+$13,021
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$35,961
Year 6$31,354
Year 10$36,095
Full-time retention
71.4%
Part-time retention
81.5%
Completion within 200% of normal time
71.5%

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
80thCompletion 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.

$35,952Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$8,750Median federal debt across categories that report debt
25%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$30,316Year 1
$38,674Year 4
$35,961Year 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.

1Fire Protection · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$58,4012Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$55,0303Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,9084Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$41,3835Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,9526Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,4037Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$29,3428Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$27,464

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Orange Technical College-South Campus

Annual net price
$9,215
Observed earnings · year 5
$36,871
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
$9,577
Observed earnings · year 5
$36,533
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
$6,677
Observed earnings · year 5
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
$9,065
Observed earnings · year 5
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Fire ProtectionUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$58,401Not availableNot reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$55,030Not availableNot reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,908$8,75027
Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$41,383Not availableNot reported
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,952Not available47
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,403Not available0
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$29,342Not available6
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$27,464Not available35

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.