-34%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Pima Medical Institute-Tucson fell 34% between 2014 and 2017 (73.9% → 48.9%).
Arizona · Private for-profit · Predominantly associate's
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson
Tucson, Arizona. 2,619 undergraduate students. 21 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Pima Medical Institute-Tucson
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Pima Medical Institute-Tucson fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.9% → 0.0%).
+10%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Pima Medical Institute-Tucson rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 (65.5% → 72.3%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Arizona
Each tile compares this institution to the Arizona median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$38,673+4% · 6→10y
Arizona median $39,817$37,302
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry72.6%+8% · '97→'24
Arizona median 43.0%$9,500+205% · '97→'20
At program completion2,619+370% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—-42% · '04→'17
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.3%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,673 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-42%
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson · retention fell
85.0% → 48.9%
+370%
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson · undergrad enrollment rose
546 → 2,567
+205%
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson · median debt rose
$3,115 → $9,500
-100%
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson · cohort default rate fell
14.2% → 0.0%
-25%
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson · pell share fell
66.0% → 49.8%
+31%
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson · earnings_median_10yr rose
$29,600 → $38,673
+32%
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson · earnings_median_8yr rose
$28,900 → $38,155
+34%
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,900 → $37,302
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$91,209Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,597Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$74,874Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$73,786Health and Medical Administrative Services.$69,793Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$60,205Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$56,959Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$48,302Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions.$47,403Health and Medical Administrative Services.$43,456Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$40,691Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$38,847Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$37,325Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$36,407Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,662Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$34,125Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$33,638
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
17 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$37,325Health and Medical Administrative Services.$43,456Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$74,874Health and Medical Administrative Services.$69,793Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$91,209Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$33,638Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$60,205Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$48,302Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$36,407Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,662Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,597Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$73,786Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$56,959Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions.$47,403Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$38,847
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Arizona
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Pima Medical Institute-Tucson graduates earn $X” — not “Pima Medical Institute-Tucson makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Pima Medical Institute-Tucson caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.