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Baldwin Wallace University

⌖ Berea, OH · 36 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$199,152 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.

31.8 yrsModeled economic break-even
−69%Modeled 10-year ROI
$54,126Observed 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
−$199,152at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$290,4120
2
4
6
8
−$199,15210
Years after graduationBreak-even: 31.8 years
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$39,832
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$39,832
Sticker price
Average net price$27,603
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$55,606
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$27,603Average net price / year
$55,606Cost of attendance
$27,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$286/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$54,126Median earnings · year 5 after completion
66.8%Completion rate
75.7%Admission rate
2,842Student 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$21,296
$30–48k$20,381
$48–75k$22,994
$75–110k$27,597
$110k+$31,288
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$54,126
Year 6$44,972
Year 10$54,122
Full-time retention
83.8%
Part-time retention
0.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
65.9%

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.

71thEarnings percentile
63thCompletion 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.

$59,151Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$27,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
29%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$40,037Year 1
$59,094Year 4
$54,126Year 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.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Master's Degree$119,9722Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods · Master's Degree$117,1503Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$106,5264Accounting and Related Services · Master's Degree$91,0975Human Resources Management and Services · Master's Degree$88,2696Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$86,9557Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$75,6878Finance and Financial Management Services · Bachelor's Degree$74,535

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

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's Degree$119,972Not available
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree$117,150Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$106,526Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree$91,097Not available
Human Resources Management and ServicesMaster's Degree$88,269Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$86,955$27,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$75,687$33,959
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree$74,535$27,000
ChemistryBachelor's Degree$71,252Not available
Human Resources Management and ServicesBachelor's Degree$70,779Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$67,934$27,000
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster's Degree$65,439Not available
MarketingBachelor's Degree$64,353$27,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasMaster's Degree$62,317Not available
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's Degree$61,966$26,500
Special Education and TeachingMaster's Degree$59,151Not available
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$59,020$27,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$57,273$27,000
Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree$55,820Not available
Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementBachelor's Degree$55,117$27,000
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree$54,410$27,000
Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesBachelor's Degree$53,654$27,000
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$51,698$27,000
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$50,415$27,000
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$49,016$27,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$45,784$27,000
MathematicsBachelor's Degree$45,744Not available
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$45,686$27,000
HistoryBachelor's Degree$39,968$27,000
MusicBachelor's Degree$37,682$27,000
Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's Degree$36,251$27,000
Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000
SociologyBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,937
Public HealthBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherBachelor's DegreeNot available$26,972

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.