Pima Medical
Institute-El Paso
For-profit College in El Paso, TX. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $38,673.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,673 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 57% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
57% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 67% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. The undergraduate body is just 1,158, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,158 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,724 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $23,352 at $0–30k, $28,444 at $75–110k. 71% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,397 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 62% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 238 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $23,352 |
| $30–48k | $22,989 |
| $48–75k | $21,599 |
| $75–110k | $28,444 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 718 of these 1,158 students, totalling $6,534,624 — an average of $9,101 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (El Paso County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026