Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Pima Medical Institute-Aurora

Aurora, CO · 7 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$365,790 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
−134%Modeled 10-year ROI
$35,723Observed 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
−$365,790at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$273,0200
2
4
6
8
−$365,79010
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$23,255
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$27,677
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$23,255Average net price / year
$27,677Cost of attendance
$8,521Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$90/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$35,723Median earnings · year 5 after completion
72.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
266Student 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$22,993
$30–48k$23,871
$48–75k$24,958
$75–110kNot available
$110k+$27,677
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$35,723
Year 6$36,397
Year 10Not available
Full-time retention
72.4%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
56.6%

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.

30thEarnings percentile
71thCompletion 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.

$40,154Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$8,272Median federal debt across categories that report debt
100%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$31,618Year 1
$39,692Year 4
$35,723Year 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.

1Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$73,8842Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$45,9013Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,2124Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,1545Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,7046Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,2677Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,255

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
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$73,884$11,597
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$45,901$19,015
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,212$5,500
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,154$8,780
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,704$8,193
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,267$8,152
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,255$8,272

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.