Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Pima Medical Institute-Mesa

Mesa, AZ · 6 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$317,614 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
−119%Modeled 10-year ROI
$39,823Observed 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
−$317,614at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$265,8440
2
4
6
8
−$317,61410
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$21,461
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$27,503
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$21,461Average net price / year
$27,503Cost of attendance
$9,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$101/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$39,823Median earnings · year 5 after completion
67.3%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
705Student 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$21,625
$30–48k$17,042
$48–75k$22,494
$75–110k$25,580
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$39,823
Year 6$37,302
Year 10$38,673
Full-time retention
73.1%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
64.8%

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.

38thEarnings percentile
63thCompletion 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.

$39,786Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$9,457Median federal debt across categories that report debt
100%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$33,913Year 1
$42,937Year 4
$39,823Year 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$89,9722Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$77,9133Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$52,1334Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,7865Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,3246Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,384

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in AZ

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.

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Pima Medical Institute-East Valley

Annual net price
$22,453
Observed earnings · year 5
$39,823
Modeled 10-year ROI
-119%
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Annual net price
$22,297
Observed earnings · year 5
$37,138
Modeled 10-year ROI
-129%
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Annual net price
$20,834
Observed earnings · year 5
$36,589
Modeled 10-year ROI
-132%
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Brookline College-Tucson

Annual net price
$22,871
Observed earnings · year 5
$37,138
Modeled 10-year ROI
-129%
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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$89,972$29,761
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$77,913$30,160
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$52,133$27,292
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,786$9,457
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,324$8,708
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,384$8,509

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.