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Charles H McCann Technical School

North Adams, MA · 0 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$304,232 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
−127%Modeled 10-year ROI
$38,576Observed 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
−$304,232at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$239,9920
2
4
6
8
−$304,23210
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 tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net price$14,998
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$17,976
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Council on Occupational Education
Main award level
Certificates
Campus setting
Rural
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$14,998Average net price / year
$17,976Cost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$38,576Median earnings · year 5 after completion
100.0%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
41Student 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$14,998
$30–48kNot available
$48–75kNot available
$75–110kNot available
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$38,576
Year 6Not available
Year 10Not available
Full-time retention
100.0%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
91.7%

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
99thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$43,765Year 1
Not availableYear 4
$38,576Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Currently operating public 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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Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School

Annual net price
$11,682
Observed earnings · year 5
$37,746
Modeled 10-year ROI
-132%
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North Adams, MA

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Annual net price
$16,068
Observed earnings · year 5
$46,580
Modeled 10-year ROI
-94%
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Pittsfield, MA

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Annual net price
$9,921
Observed earnings · year 5
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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Holyoke, MA

Holyoke Community College

Annual net price
$8,068
Observed earnings · year 5
$43,990
Modeled 10-year ROI
-105%
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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.