Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Allentown

Allentown, PA · 11 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$405,758 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
−152%Modeled 10-year ROI
$31,123Observed 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
−$405,758at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$266,9880
2
4
6
8
−$405,75810
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$21,747
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$27,372
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

$21,747Average net price / year
$27,372Cost of attendance
$15,917Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$169/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$31,123Median earnings · year 5 after completion
83.2%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
285Student 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$21,478
$30–48k$22,019
$48–75k$21,881
$75–110kNot available
$110k+$24,559
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$31,123
Year 6$26,349
Year 10$31,102
Full-time retention
63.9%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
58.8%

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.

24thEarnings percentile
85thCompletion 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.

$37,018Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$27,403Median federal debt across categories that report debt
9%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$25,335Year 1
$34,393Year 4
$31,123Year 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.

1Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$55,8932Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$55,3173Ground Transportation · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,2084Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management · Associate's Degree$43,2005Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,7386Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$37,0187Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$33,8838Health and Medical Administrative Services · Associate's Degree$33,598

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.

1Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $53,208 reported+2%vs same-degree national median$7,875federal debt2Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $55,893 reported-3%vs same-degree national median$29,028federal debt3Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $42,738 reported-6%vs same-degree national median$13,000federal debt4Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree · $33,598 reported-9%vs same-degree national median$33,597federal debt5Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $30,738 reported-13%vs same-degree national median$23,859federal debt6Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $28,749 reported-16%vs same-degree national median$16,500federal debt
BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$55,893$29,028Not reported
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$55,317$27,986Not reported
Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,208$7,875Not reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate's Degree$43,200$25,849Not reported
Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,738$13,00057
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$37,018$29,517Not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$33,883$30,649Not reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree$33,598$33,597Not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$33,255$27,403Not reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$30,738$23,8597
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$28,749$16,50016

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.