Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

McAllen Careers Institute

McAllen, TX · 1 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Uncertain payoff

Payoff needs your actual price

ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.

There is not enough reported information to classify the payoff reliably.

Not availableModeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
Not availableObserved earnings · year 4
Not availableMaximum 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
A QUICK READ

What the numbers say about McAllen Careers Institute

What does McAllen Careers Institute cost?

McAllen Careers Institute reports an average annual net price of $17,356 after grants and scholarships. This is an institution-wide average, not an individual aid offer.

What do McAllen Careers Institute graduates earn?

The current federal record does not provide a reportable institution-wide earnings figure for McAllen Careers Institute.

How much federal debt do McAllen Careers Institute graduates have?

Completer borrowers report median cumulative federal student debt of $9,500. Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.

Is every degree at McAllen Careers Institute worth the same?

No. DegreeVerdict currently shows 1 field-and-credential outcomes at McAllen Careers Institute; reported earnings and debt can differ substantially by program category.

PAYOFF CURVE

Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.

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$17,356
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$22,311
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

$17,356Average net price / year
$22,311Cost of attendance
$9,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$101/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
Not availableMedian earnings · year 4 after completion
84.0%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
129Student 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$17,966
$30–48k$14,416
$48–75k$14,926
$75–110k$21,811
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5Not available
Year 6Not available
Year 10Not available
Full-time retention
100.0%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
84.0%

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.

86thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$21,275Year 1
Not availableYear 4
Not availableYear 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$9,500118

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.