Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Concorde Career College-Aurora

Aurora, CO · 9 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$257,064 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
−104%Modeled 10-year ROI
$43,960Observed 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
−$257,064at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$246,6640
2
4
6
8
−$257,06410
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$16,666
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$22,697
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$16,666Average net price / year
$22,697Cost of attendance
$43,960Median earnings · year 5 after completion
63.6%Completion rate
90.5%Admission rate
256Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

47thEarnings percentile
58thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$36,853Year 1
$46,016Year 4
$43,960Year 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$93,5182Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$78,7533Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$71,0204Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$65,3455Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$49,2876Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$47,0947Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$37,4028Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,743

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in CO

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.

Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs

Annual net price
$16,745
Observed earnings · year 5
$52,017
Modeled 10-year ROI
-72%
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Denver, CO

Pima Medical Institute-Denver

Annual net price
$22,034
Observed earnings · year 5
$39,823
Modeled 10-year ROI
-119%
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Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology

Annual net price
$22,905
Observed earnings · year 5
$38,921
Modeled 10-year ROI
-122%
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Lakewood, CO

Colorado School of Trades

Annual net price
$26,083
Observed earnings · year 5
$46,633
Modeled 10-year ROI
-94%
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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$93,518$30,500
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$78,753$25,250
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$71,020$17,268
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$65,345$25,530
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$49,287$30,347
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$47,094Not available
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$37,402$9,500
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,743$9,500
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,010$9,500

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.