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Bay Mills Community College

⌖ Brimley, MI · 0 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$257,212 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

−134%Modeled 10-year ROI

$38,508Observed 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

−$257,212at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$192,2920

−$257,21210

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$3,480

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$3,480

Sticker price

Average net price$3,073

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$12,043

Tuition + living budget

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$3,073Average net price / year

$12,043Cost of attendance

Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers

Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate

$38,508Median earnings · year 5 after completion

30.2%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

662Student 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$1,549

$30–48k$1,042

$48–75k$5,992

$75–110k$10,952

$110k+Not available

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$38,508

Year 6$28,213

Year 10$30,048

Full-time retention: Not available
Part-time retention: Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time: Not available

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.

35thEarnings percentile

12thCompletion percentile

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$32,240Year 1

$44,527Year 4

$38,508Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

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PROGRAM OUTCOMES

No field-level outcomes are currently reportable.

This college remains in the national directory because it appears in the College Scorecard. Program outcomes may be unavailable, privacy-suppressed or outside the reported cohorts.

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.