10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$118,852at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Augsburg University
⌖ Minneapolis, MN · 23 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$118,852 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.
17.6 yrsModeled economic break-even
−43%Modeled 10-year ROI
$60,664Observed earnings · year 5
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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.
Cost, completion and earnings context
$23,873Average net price / year
$62,303Cost of attendance
$60,664Median earnings · year 5 after completion
51.7%Completion rate
82.0%Admission rate
2,494Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
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WHAT STANDS OUT
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These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$46,900Year 1
$68,350Year 4
$60,664Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Master's Degree$131,6642Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Doctoral Degree$115,9903Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$108,1254Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree$95,6375Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$93,0466Economics · Bachelor's Degree$88,5077Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree$86,4468Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$83,185Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in MN
Currently operating private nonprofit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
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St Olaf College
- Annual net price
- $23,874
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $59,029
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -49%
Gustavus Adolphus College
- Annual net price
- $22,900
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $61,911
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -38%
College of Saint Benedict
- Annual net price
- $26,640
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $60,000
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -48%
Concordia College at Moorhead
- Annual net price
- $24,902
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $55,336
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -63%
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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.