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Private for-profit · Less-than-2-year

Cortiva Institute-Arlington

Arlington, Texas

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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
$-194,252 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
-532%
10-year ROI
$29,226
Median earnings as of 2024
45% of Cortiva Institute-Arlington students earn more than a typical U.S. high-school graduate (about $28,000/yr) ten years after starting — measured from IRS tax records, not surveys.

The numbers behind the verdict

$33,771
Average net price / yr as of 2024
$29,226
Median earnings (5 yr) as of 2024
$23,843
Median earnings (1 yr) as of 2024
$7,521
Median debt at graduation as of 2024
Graduation rate as of 2024
45%
Earn more than a HS grad as of 2024
46%
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.

$-194,252
After 10 years
$-351,992
After 20 years
$-509,732
After 30 years
$-667,472
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
$28,465
Men
$29,859

5% gap between the two groups

By family-income background
From lower-income families
$25,869
From higher-income families
$38,711

33% gap between the two groups

By student status (FAFSA)
Dependent students
$30,770
Independent students
$28,428

8% gap between the two groups

50%
First-generation students
63%
Take federal student loans
88%
Born in the U.S.
Who studies here
White 14%Hispanic 22%Black 61%Other 3%

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$33,455
$30k–$48k$32,652
$48k–$75k$35,399
$75k–$110k$36,064
$110k+$37,333

How Cortiva Institute-Arlington compares

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

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Best-paying majors at Cortiva Institute-Arlington

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$29,226$7,678-531%Poor return

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ROI at Cortiva Institute-Arlington

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Admissions & profile

Admission rate
0
Average SAT
0
Median ACT
155
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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