Pima Medical
Institute-San Marcos
For-profit College in San Marcos, CA. Six-year graduation rate 71%. Median 10-year earnings $38,673.
Students who entered Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos reach a median of $38,673 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is a strength: 71% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, a light load against those earnings.
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
A 71% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 87%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. At 25:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,009 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $27,122 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $27,335 at the $0–30k band to $36,986 at $75–110k. Grant aid is limited — 48% of students receive any. About 48% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 375 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 | $27,335 |
| $30–48k | $29,174 |
| $48–75k | $26,981 |
| $75–110k | $36,986 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 488 of these 1,009 students, totalling $4,216,284 — an average of $8,640 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Diego County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)