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Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

⌖ Asheville, NC · 22 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$286,678 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

—Modeled economic break-even

−127%Modeled 10-year ROI

$38,973Observed earnings · year 5

Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula

ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation

−$286,678at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$226,4080

−$286,67810

FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$2,882

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$9,026

Sticker price

Average net price$11,602

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$16,061

Tuition + living budget

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$11,602Average net price / year

$16,061Cost of attendance

$15,528Median federal student debt · completer borrowers

$165/moPublished 10-year payment estimate

$38,973Median earnings · year 5 after completion

39.8%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

5,110Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$11,491

$30–48k$11,720

$48–75k$11,862

$75–110k$11,877

$110k+$12,786

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$38,973

Year 6$32,630

Year 10$36,048

Full-time retention: 59.1%
Part-time retention: 47.3%
Completion within 200% of normal time: 36.2%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

36thEarnings percentile

24thCompletion percentile

WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$43,794Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$16,384Median federal debt across categories that report debt

32%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$35,528Year 1

$45,910Year 4

$38,973Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$68,337 2Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$67,599 3Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$57,384 4Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,737 5Computer and Information Sciences, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$51,862 6Computer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$50,001 7Precision Metal Working · Associate's Degree$48,371 8Criminal Justice and Corrections · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$47,118

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	Associate's Degree	$68,337	Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	Associate's Degree	$67,599	$19,411
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	Associate's Degree	$57,384	$21,000
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$54,737	Not available
Computer and Information Sciences, General	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$51,862	Not available
Computer and Information Sciences, General	Associate's Degree	$50,001	Not available
Precision Metal Working	Associate's Degree	$48,371	Not available
Criminal Justice and Corrections	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$47,118	Not available
Precision Metal Working	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$45,919	Not available
Criminal Justice and Corrections	Associate's Degree	$45,137	Not available
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Associate's Degree	$44,435	$27,238
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	$43,794	Not available
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$41,169	Not available
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$40,550	$10,760
Health and Medical Administrative Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$40,033	$14,375
Health and Medical Administrative Services	Associate's Degree	$39,536	Not available
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	Associate's Degree	$39,097	$12,397
Culinary Arts and Related Services	Associate's Degree	$38,846	Not available
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	Associate's Degree	$36,887	$29,500
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$34,671	$16,384
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$33,669	Not available
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$24,940	Not available

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.