Associate's · El Paso, Texas

Is Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians at Pima Medical Institute-El Paso 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 10.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $41,324; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $47,647; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $18,988; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $86k (likely $76k – $108k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 10.1 years (likely 8.2–13.2); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$84k (likely −$135k – −$42k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $64k (likely −$22k – $159k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 67%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26