Private for-profit · Community college

Milan Institute-Sparks

Sparks, Nevada · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $22,923
Avg net price: 62%
Grad / completion: $32,493
Median earnings

Milan Institute-Sparks is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Sparks, Nevada (large suburb setting), enrolling 171 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 171 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Sparks, Nevada

Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. In 1902, the Southern Pacific purchased a large tract of swamp-like land near its newly built railyard, and gave employees clear deed to a 50 ft × 140 ft (15 m × 43 m) lot for the sum of $1. Sparks has two public libraries, one downtown adjacent, and another in Spanish Springs. Both are branches of the Washoe County Library System. The Sparks Library is 23,000 square feet (2,100 m2). (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Reno, NV
To the ocean: 138 miles
Nearest airport: 2 miles to Reno Tahoe (RNO) · major hub

How Milan Institute-Sparks compares

Graduation rate62%

Higher than 52% · #12 of 23 in Nevada

Earnings, 10 years after entry$32,493

Higher than 40% · #13 of 22 in Nevada

Average net price$22,923

Cheaper than 23% · #12 cheapest of 25 in Nevada

Median debt at graduation$8,124

Lower than 72%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment171

Larger than 41%

Percentiles compare Milan Institute-Sparks 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 Nevada.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women15490%
Men1710%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White39%
Black1.2%
Hispanic47%
Asian1.8%
Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 171
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 64%
First-generation students: 67%
Students over 25: 39%
Median family income: $14,636

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: $22,923

Outcomes

Graduated: 62%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,817
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $32,493
Median debt at graduation: $8,124
Students with federal loans: 65%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 30%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

62%

First-generation

78%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

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

$22,554

$30–48k

$22,112

$48–75k

$23,126

$75–110k

$25,419

$110k+

$25,731

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-Sparks 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): $32,493
Typical debt at graduation: $8,124
Debt vs. one year's pay: 25%
Out-earn a HS grad: 28%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 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

$31,538

Men

$38,254

Men out-earn women by $6,716 (21%) 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: 92°F
Winter low: 24°F
Annual rain: 8.4″
Annual snow: 6.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Sparks, NV US station (2.5 mi from campus).

What Milan Institute-Sparks graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

17 grads$16k 1 yr— 5 yr$10k debt

17$15,635—$9,500 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

16 grads$23k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$8k debt

16$22,774$28,878$7,916 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

14 grads$27k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$8k debt

14$27,459$31,930$8,124 Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

13 grads$27k 1 yr$31k 5 yr$9k debt

13$27,394$30,559$8,919

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.