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Private for-profit · Less-than-2-year

Estelle Medical Academy

Skokie, Illinois

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DR Rating
DegreeReturn Rating — Poor value

A 0–100 composite of ROI, graduate earnings, net price, debt and graduation rate. How it’s scored.

Poor return
$-204,529 over 10 years

Estimated for a typical student paying the average net price over 1 years.

On these figures the cost and debt outweigh the earnings premium.

Never
Break-even
-1,913%
10-year ROI
$25,616
Median earnings as of 2024

The numbers behind the verdict

$8,628
Average net price / yr as of 2024
$25,616
Median earnings (5 yr) as of 2024
$17,673
Median earnings (1 yr) as of 2024
$5,657
Median debt at graduation as of 2024
Graduation rate as of 2024
Earn more than a HS grad as of 2024
77%
Repaying their loans (3 yr) as of 2024
Retention rate as of 2024

Lifetime ROI: the long view

Cumulative net gain over a high-school-only earner at different career lengths, with tuition and debt interest already subtracted. Built on IRS-verified federal earnings — not self-reported surveys.

$-204,529
After 10 years
$-398,369
After 20 years
$-592,209
After 30 years
$-786,049
After 40 years

Conservative: holds year-5 earnings flat (no raises). Adjust the assumptions, or see the highest 20-year ROI colleges.

Equity & access

Who the college serves and whether the payoff reaches everyone — earnings ten years after starting (IRS-linked), with access measures from federal enrollment data.

By gender
Women
$19,313
Men
$36,397

47% gap between the two groups

By student status (FAFSA)
Dependent students
$26,347
Independent students
$24,276

8% gap between the two groups

59%
First-generation students
32%
Take federal student loans
72%
Born in the U.S.
Who studies here
White 55%Hispanic 17%Asian 18%Black 11%

Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity. Federal data does not report earnings by race.

Net price by family income

What students actually pay after grants and scholarships, by household income as of 2024.

Family incomeAverage net price / yr
Family income $0–$30k$8,628
$30k–$48k
$48k–$75k
$75k–$110k
$110k+

How Estelle Medical Academy compares

This college against the Illinois and national averages — higher earnings and lower cost/debt are better.

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Best-paying majors at Estelle Medical Academy

Fields of study ranked by their own ROI — earnings five years after graduating against the cost and debt. Click a major for the deep dive.

MajorCredentialEarnings (5 yr)Median debt10-yr ROIVerdict
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate$25,616$5,255-1,939%Poor return

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ROI at Estelle Medical Academy

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Admissions & profile

Admission rate
0
Average SAT
0
Median ACT
66
Undergraduates

Location

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. ROI is computed by Degree Return — see how. Read the methodology. Data as of 2024.

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