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Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio

⌖ San Antonio, TX · 7 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$319,298 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

—Modeled economic break-even

−119%Modeled 10-year ROI

$39,823Observed earnings · year 5

Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff

Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it

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

−$319,298at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$267,5280

−$319,29810

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$21,882

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$25,980

Tuition + living budget

COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Main award level: Certificates
Campus setting: City
Admissions: Open admission
Delivery: Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation: No special designation reported

Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$21,882Average net price / year

$25,980Cost of attendance

$9,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers

$101/moPublished 10-year payment estimate

$39,823Median earnings · year 5 after completion

57.5%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

424Student 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$21,642

$30–48k$24,460

$48–75k$23,407

$75–110k$24,643

$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: 78.0%
Part-time retention: Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time: 68.8%

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

49thCompletion 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.

$38,324Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$8,708Median federal debt across categories that report debt

86%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.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$77,913 2Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$44,359 3Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,786 4Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,324 5Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,852 6Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,384 7Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,997

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

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $77,913 reported+19%vs same-degree national median$30,160federal debt 2Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $39,786 reported+16%vs same-degree national median$9,457federal debt 3Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $38,324 reported+8%vs same-degree national median$8,708federal debt 4Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $36,384 reported+8%vs same-degree national median$8,509federal debt 5Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · $44,359 reported+7%vs same-degree national median$21,151federal debt 6Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $35,997 reported+3%vs same-degree national median$8,227federal debt

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Observed earnings · year 5: $36,707
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt	2023–24 awards
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	Associate's Degree	$77,913	$30,160	Not reported
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	$44,359	$21,151	Not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$39,786	$9,457	59
Health and Medical Administrative Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$38,324	$8,708	Not reported
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$36,852	$3,167	Not reported
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$36,384	$8,509	Not reported
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$35,997	$8,227	29

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

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.