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Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA · 17 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$212,398 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
−105%Modeled 10-year ROI
$43,979Observed 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
−$212,398at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$202,1880
2
4
6
8
−$212,39810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 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$5,832
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$10,776
Sticker price
Average net price$5,547
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$12,168
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$5,547Average net price / year
$12,168Cost of attendance
$8,243Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$87/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$43,979Median earnings · year 5 after completion
22.5%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
6,083Student 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$4,550
$30–48k$4,278
$48–75k$4,749
$75–110k$7,329
$110k+$11,257
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$43,979
Year 6$35,555
Year 10$38,663
Full-time retention
54.4%
Part-time retention
43.7%
Completion within 200% of normal time
26.0%

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.

47thEarnings percentile
6thCompletion 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.

$46,520Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$8,250Median federal debt across categories that report debt
56%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$36,168Year 1
$48,840Year 4
$43,979Year 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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$84,2052Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$69,1053Engineering, General · Associate's Degree$65,4764Computer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$57,4135Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,3856Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$53,9897Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other · Associate's Degree$52,0308Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$49,454

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$84,205$14,125
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$69,105Not available
Engineering, GeneralAssociate's Degree$65,476$15,134
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$57,413$8,780
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,385Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$53,989$8,628
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate's Degree$52,030Not available
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$49,454$6,700
Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate's Degree$46,520$7,480
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$45,247$8,250
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$39,409Not available
Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate's Degree$38,470Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's Degree$38,346$7,788
Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate's Degree$36,206Not available
Social WorkAssociate's Degree$35,857$6,433
Communication and Media StudiesAssociate's Degree$32,041Not available
Biology, GeneralAssociate's DegreeNot available$11,500

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.