Undergraduate certificate · San Antonio, Texas

Is Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions at Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 15.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $36,106; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $39,584; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $3,166; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $45k (likely $39k – $56k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $3k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 15.3 years (likely 10.8–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$70k (likely −$96k – −$44k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$20k (likely −$71k – $39k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 69%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26