Private for-profit · Community college

Milan Institute-Amarillo

Amarillo, Texas · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate: $28,468
Avg net price: 64%
Grad / completion: $29,491
Median earnings

Milan Institute-Amarillo is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Amarillo, Texas (midsize city setting), enrolling 271 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 271 undergradsMidsize cityCold winters

About Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Potter County, though most of the southern half of the city extends into Randall County. During April 1887, John T. Berry, from Abilene, Texas, established a site for a town, choosing a well-watered section along the right-of-way of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway that was building across the Texas Panhandle. The Palo Duro Canyon State Park is the United States' second largest canyon system, after the Grand Canyon and is located south of Amarillo. The canyon is a prominent mountain biking destination and hosts the annual 50-mile Palo Duro Canyon Trail Run. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 5 miles to Amarillo, TX
To the ocean: 542 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Rick Husband Amarillo (AMA)

How Milan Institute-Amarillo compares

Graduation rate64%

Higher than 55% · #118 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention88%

Higher than 79%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$29,491

Higher than 29% · #135 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$28,468

Cheaper than 11% · #223 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$7,702

Lower than 77%

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 18%

Undergraduate enrollment271

Larger than 51%

Percentiles compare Milan Institute-Amarillo with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Texas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women23787%
Men3413%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White30%
Black7.0%
Hispanic56%
Asian1.1%
Other or multiracial5.9%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 271
Student–faculty ratio: 23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 78%
First-generation students: 72%
Students over 25: 37%
Median family income: $15,474

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $28,468

Outcomes

Graduated: 64%
First-year retention: 88%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,491
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $29,491
Median debt at graduation: $7,702
Students with federal loans: 67%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 28%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$28,229

$30–48k

$28,886

$48–75k

$28,539

$75–110k

$32,338

$110k+

$32,338

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Milan Institute-Amarillo funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $29,491
Typical debt at graduation: $7,702
Debt vs. one year's pay: 26%
Out-earn a HS grad: 28%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$29,161

Men

$34,820

Men out-earn women by $5,659 (19%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 91°F
Winter low: 20°F
Annual rain: 19.2″
Annual snow: 17.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Bushland 1 Wsw, TX US station (9.2 mi from campus).

What Milan Institute-Amarillo graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

83 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

83———Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

16 grads$25k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$8k debt

16$25,267$28,131$7,711 Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

10 grads$24k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$8k debt

10$24,473$30,489$8,104 Health and Medical Administrative Services

2 grads$23k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$9k debt

2$22,700$31,659$8,989

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.