Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque

Albuquerque, NM · 11 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$372,196 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
−141%Modeled 10-year ROI
$34,214Observed 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
−$372,196at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$264,3360
2
4
6
8
−$372,19610
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$21,084
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$28,183
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$21,084Average net price / year
$28,183Cost of attendance
$34,214Median earnings · year 5 after completion
67.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
562Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

28thEarnings percentile
64thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$30,953Year 1
$38,890Year 4
$34,214Year 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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$93,9462Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$74,1303Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$63,2134Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$61,3785Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$59,2356Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$47,1057Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,5858Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,788

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in NM

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.

Santa Fe, NM

Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe

Annual net price
$17,279
Observed earnings · year 5
$28,664
Modeled 10-year ROI
-166%
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Albuquerque, NM

Paul Mitchell the School-Albuquerque

Annual net price
$15,634
Observed earnings · year 5
$20,696
Modeled 10-year ROI
-200%
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Albuquerque, NM

Aveda Institute-New Mexico

Annual net price
$15,607
Observed earnings · year 5
$20,573
Modeled 10-year ROI
-201%
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Albuquerque, NM

Brookline College-Albuquerque

Annual net price
$37,459
Observed earnings · year 5
$37,138
Modeled 10-year ROI
-124%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$93,946Not available
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$74,130$35,147
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$63,213$13,638
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$61,378$31,600
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$59,235$27,032
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$47,105$19,046
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,585$8,965
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,788$9,500
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,702$9,500
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$33,234$9,009
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,358$8,510

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.