Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting

Nashville, TN · 2 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Uncertain payoff

Payoff needs your actual price

ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.

Available federal data is not complete enough for a confident payoff classification.

Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$74,688Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
PAYOFF CURVE

Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.

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 priceNot available
Title IV student average
Cost of attendanceNot available
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$74,688Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
805Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

93thEarnings percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$69,369Year 1
$80,536Year 4
$74,688Year 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$91,2612Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$79,119

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Modeled 10-year ROI
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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$91,261$19,825
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$79,119$16,433

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.