Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Miller-Motte College-Raleigh

Raleigh, NC · 6 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$409,714 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
−151%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
−$409,714at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$270,9440
2
4
6
8
−$409,71410
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$22,736
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$28,171
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$22,736Average net price / year
$28,171Cost of attendance
$15,917Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$169/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$31,123Median earnings · year 5 after completion
79.0%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
409Student 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$22,557
$30–48k$26,097
$48–75k$22,103
$75–110kNot available
$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
67.9%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
61.7%

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
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.

$42,738Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$13,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
33%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.

1Ground Transportation · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,2082Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$45,6503Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$44,5374Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,7385Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$36,8766Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$28,749

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in NC

Currently operating private for-profit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

Jacksonville, NC

Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville

Annual net price
$23,535
Observed earnings · year 5
$31,123
Modeled 10-year ROI
-151%
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Chapel Hill, NC

Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill

Annual net price
$20,736
Observed earnings · year 5
$29,692
Modeled 10-year ROI
-158%
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Fayetteville, NC

Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville

Annual net price
$26,409
Observed earnings · year 5
$31,123
Modeled 10-year ROI
-149%
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Wilmington, NC

College of Wilmington

Annual net price
$23,108
Observed earnings · year 5
$25,739
Modeled 10-year ROI
-171%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,208$7,875
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$45,650$13,000
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$44,537$29,063
Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,738$13,000
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$36,876$26,779
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$28,749$16,500

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.