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Community College of Beaver County

Monaca, PA · 10 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$165,928 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

49.7 yrsModeled economic break-even
−80%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,182Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
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
−$165,928at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$207,7480
2
4
6
8
−$165,92810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 49.7 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$7,500
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$20,700
Sticker price
Average net price$6,937
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$12,556
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
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Main award level
Associate degrees
Campus setting
Suburban
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

$6,937Average net price / year
$12,556Cost of attendance
$14,923Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$158/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,182Median earnings · year 5 after completion
12.4%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,247Student 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$4,392
$30–48k$5,476
$48–75k$7,098
$75–110k$10,463
$110k+$12,204
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$49,182
Year 6$38,184
Year 10$45,090
Full-time retention
53.7%
Part-time retention
46.5%
Completion within 200% of normal time
25.0%

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
1thCompletion 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.

$49,235Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$14,324Median federal debt across categories that report debt
50%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$44,714Year 1
$56,347Year 4
$49,182Year 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.

1Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$136,8452Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$72,6133Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$59,3914Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$56,7605Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$49,2356Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$48,5257Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management · Associate's Degree$47,1858Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$39,231

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

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · $136,845 reported+86%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree · $48,525 reported+4%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $56,760 reported+1%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree · $49,235 reported+1%vs same-degree national median$13,000federal debt5Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $59,391 reported-9%vs same-degree national median$18,437federal debt6Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $72,613 reported-10%vs same-degree national median$27,500federal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$136,845Not availableNot reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$72,613$27,500Not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$59,391$18,437Not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$56,760Not available0
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$49,235$13,000Not reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$48,525Not availableNot reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate's Degree$47,185Not availableNot reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$39,231$14,551Not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's DegreeNot available$14,324Not reported
Air TransportationAssociate's DegreeNot available$13,000Not reported

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

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.