Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Diversified Vocational College

Los Angeles, CA · 4 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$495,504 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
−186%Modeled 10-year ROI
$22,134Observed 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
−$495,504at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$266,8440
2
4
6
8
−$495,50410
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$21,711
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$27,222
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$21,711Average net price / year
$27,222Cost of attendance
$22,134Median earnings · year 5 after completion
95.8%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
264Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

9thEarnings percentile
96thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$15,168Year 1
$22,419Year 4
$22,134Year 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.

1Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$27,6782Business Operations Support and Assistant Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$23,2323Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$21,9774English Language and Literature, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$19,235

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$27,678$11,250
Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$23,232$9,500
Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial EducationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$21,977Not available
English Language and Literature, GeneralUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$19,235Not available

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.