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Berry College

⌖ Mount Berry, GA · 13 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$200,620 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.

39.2 yrsModeled economic break-even
−75%Modeled 10-year ROI
$51,866Observed 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
−$200,620at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$269,2800
2
4
6
8
−$200,62010
Years after graduationBreak-even: 39.2 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$41,686
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$41,686
Sticker price
Average net price$22,320
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$56,697
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$22,320Average net price / year
$56,697Cost of attendance
$51,866Median earnings · year 5 after completion
69.5%Completion rate
64.0%Admission rate
2,245Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

66thEarnings percentile
67thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$39,985Year 1
$58,750Year 4
$51,866Year 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.

1Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$94,4732Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$83,5933Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$83,0084Marketing · Bachelor's Degree$79,6025Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$61,1606Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness · Bachelor's Degree$54,2787Natural Resources Conservation and Research · Bachelor's Degree$51,4658Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other · Bachelor's Degree$50,593

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
Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree$94,473Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$83,593Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$83,008$26,250
MarketingBachelor's Degree$79,602$26,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$61,160$25,299
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$54,278$24,931
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's Degree$51,465$22,250
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, OtherBachelor's Degree$50,593$22,965
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$50,413$25,750
Zoology/Animal BiologyBachelor's Degree$48,958$24,569
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$45,943$21,750
Biology, GeneralBachelor's DegreeNot available$26,000
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000

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.