Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN · 31 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$414,602 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.

Modeled economic break-even
−150%Modeled 10-year ROI
$31,123Observed 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
−$414,602at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$275,8320
2
4
6
8
−$414,60210
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$23,958
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$29,203
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$23,958Average net price / year
$29,203Cost of attendance
$15,917Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$169/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$31,123Median earnings · year 5 after completion
60.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
4,462Student 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$23,939
$30–48k$23,298
$48–75k$26,084
$75–110k$29,203
$110k+Not available
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
0.0%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
Not available

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
53thCompletion 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.

$37,417Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$16,500Median federal debt across categories that report debt
13%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$55,3173Computer Engineering · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$55,0014Ground Transportation · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,2085Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Associate's Degree$53,0616Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$51,8377Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$51,2618Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$45,919

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$55,893$29,028
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$55,317$27,986
Computer EngineeringUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$55,001$7,917
Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,208$7,875
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate's Degree$53,061$21,879
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$51,837$12,139
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$51,261$13,000
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$45,919$15,333
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$45,650$13,000
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$44,537$29,063
Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate's Degree$43,200$25,849
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$43,109$27,386
Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,738$13,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$41,385Not available
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree$38,918$57,500
Legal Support ServicesAssociate's Degree$37,417$30,263
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$37,018$29,517
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$36,876$26,779
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$33,883$30,649
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree$33,598$33,597
Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree$33,298$19,337
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$33,255$27,403
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,939$9,500
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$31,834$14,562
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$30,738$23,859
Culinary Arts and Related ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$30,682$11,600
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$28,749$16,500
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$28,047$11,825
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$26,016$9,273
Accounting and Related ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$23,783$9,500
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$22,989$12,831

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.