Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest

Houston, TX · 9 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$401,220 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
−138%Modeled 10-year ROI
$34,010Observed 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
−$401,220at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$291,3200
2
4
6
8
−$401,22010
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$27,830
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$33,383
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
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

$27,830Average net price / year
$33,383Cost of attendance
$9,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$101/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$34,010Median earnings · year 5 after completion
46.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
4,530Student 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$27,679
$30–48k$27,926
$48–75k$28,363
$75–110k$31,664
$110k+$32,076
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$34,010
Year 6$31,970
Year 10$33,070
Full-time retention
Not available
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
29.1%

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.

27thEarnings percentile
33thCompletion 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.

$40,680Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$16,048Median federal debt across categories that report debt
33%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$27,314Year 1
$35,515Year 4
$34,010Year 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$113,3022Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$59,9303Health and Medical Administrative Services · Bachelor's Degree$51,6774Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$41,3185Health and Medical Administrative Services · Associate's Degree$40,6806Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,6207Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,9078Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,058

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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $113,302 reported+40%vs same-degree national median$41,659federal debt2Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree · $40,680 reported+10%vs same-degree national median$19,200federal debt3Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $32,058 reported+8%vs same-degree national median$7,084federal debt4Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $34,620 reported-2%vs same-degree national median$9,500federal debt5Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $32,907 reported-4%vs same-degree national median$9,500federal debt6Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $59,930 reported-8%vs same-degree national median$30,500federal debt
BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$113,302$41,659Not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$59,930$30,500Not reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree$51,677$37,819Not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$41,318$16,048307
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree$40,680$19,200Not reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,620$9,500672
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,907$9,500847
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,058$7,084Not reported
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$29,029$9,248142

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.