Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie

Grand Prairie, TX · 6 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$358,412 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
−117%Modeled 10-year ROI
$39,674Observed 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
−$358,412at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$305,1520
2
4
6
8
−$358,41210
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$31,288
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$35,571
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$31,288Average net price / year
$35,571Cost of attendance
$39,674Median earnings · year 5 after completion
54.8%Completion rate
100.0%Admission rate
268Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

38thEarnings percentile
45thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$30,886Year 1
$38,038Year 4
$39,674Year 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$66,6122Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$64,7663Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,6364Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,5545Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,0976Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$30,453

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in TX

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.

Irving, TX

Tulsa Welding School-Dallas Campus

Annual net price
$34,533
Observed earnings · year 5
$42,419
Modeled 10-year ROI
-108%
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Houston, TX

Fortis College

Annual net price
$27,964
Observed earnings · year 5
$36,707
Modeled 10-year ROI
-128%
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Houston, TX

Tulsa Welding School-Houston

Annual net price
$35,101
Observed earnings · year 5
$42,419
Modeled 10-year ROI
-108%
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San Antonio, TX

Lamson Institute

Annual net price
$26,587
Observed earnings · year 5
$41,848
Modeled 10-year ROI
-111%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$66,612$21,875
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$64,766$23,636
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,636$9,500
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,554$9,500
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,097$9,500
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$30,453$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.