Public · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College

Miami Lakes, FL · 0 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$216,876 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
−113%Modeled 10-year ROI
$42,448Observed 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
−$216,876at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$191,3560
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4
6
8
−$216,87610
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$2,839
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$9,085
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$2,839Average net price / year
$9,085Cost of attendance
$42,448Median earnings · year 5 after completion
4.5%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
665Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

43thEarnings percentile
1thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$24,278Year 1
$40,843Year 4
$42,448Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

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Annual net price
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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PROGRAM OUTCOMES

No field-level outcomes are currently reportable.

This college remains in the national directory because it appears in the College Scorecard. Program outcomes may be unavailable, privacy-suppressed or outside the reported cohorts.

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.