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Coastal Carolina University

⌖ Conway, SC · 39 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$195,454 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.

58.4 yrsModeled economic break-even
−83%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,041Observed 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
−$195,454at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$235,8640
2
4
6
8
−$195,45410
Years after graduationBreak-even: 58.4 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$11,640
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$29,628
Sticker price
Average net price$13,966
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$26,692
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$13,966Average net price / year
$26,692Cost of attendance
$23,750Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$252/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,041Median earnings · year 5 after completion
48.5%Completion rate
75.3%Admission rate
10,377Student 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$9,563
$30–48k$10,292
$48–75k$12,938
$75–110k$16,350
$110k+$20,219
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$49,041
Year 6$38,070
Year 10$47,258
Full-time retention
77.4%
Part-time retention
16.7%
Completion within 200% of normal time
49.0%

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.

60thEarnings percentile
35thCompletion 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.

$53,948Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$26,475Median federal debt across categories that report debt
8%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$33,664Year 1
$52,398Year 4
$49,041Year 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.

1Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology · Master's Degree$84,5732Accounting and Related Services · Master's Degree$79,4863Information Science/Studies · Bachelor's Degree$77,9994Finance and Financial Management Services · Bachelor's Degree$70,1815Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$67,9546Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness · Master's Degree$66,4947Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$63,2478Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$63,239

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyMaster's Degree$84,573Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree$79,486Not available
Information Science/StudiesBachelor's Degree$77,999$20,336
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree$70,181$26,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$67,954Not available
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessMaster's Degree$66,494Not available
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$63,247$28,500
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$63,239$26,848
Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree$62,607Not available
MarketingBachelor's Degree$62,373$26,000
Business/Managerial EconomicsBachelor's Degree$61,910Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$59,946$25,187
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree$59,575$41,666
Applied MathematicsBachelor's Degree$59,208Not available
Education, GeneralMaster's Degree$57,456Not available
Special Education and TeachingMaster's Degree$57,105Not available
Intelligence, Command Control and Information OperationsBachelor's Degree$56,863$24,878
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasMaster's Degree$56,600Not available
Educational/Instructional Media DesignMaster's Degree$55,622Not available
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree$53,948$26,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$51,247$26,000
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$51,010$25,000
Hospitality Administration/ManagementBachelor's Degree$50,864$25,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsMaster's Degree$50,580Not available
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$50,228$26,997
HistoryBachelor's Degree$49,222$26,000
Special Education and TeachingBachelor's Degree$49,005$27,000
Public HealthBachelor's Degree$48,238$27,000
SociologyBachelor's Degree$47,056$26,475
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's Degree$46,896$27,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$46,581$27,000
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$45,469$26,800
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyBachelor's Degree$45,323$26,000
Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's Degree$40,150$27,000
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree$38,460$27,250
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$37,707$26,000
Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's Degree$36,007$25,000
Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's Degree$33,962$27,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's DegreeNot available$39,750

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.