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Cuyahoga Community College District

⌖ Cleveland, OH · 29 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$189,914 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.

275.6 yrsModeled economic break-even

−96%Modeled 10-year ROI

$45,715Observed 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

−$189,914at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$197,0640

−$189,91410

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$3,249

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$7,249

Sticker price

Average net price$4,266

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$11,189

Tuition + living budget

COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

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

Accreditor: Higher Learning Commission
Main award level: Certificates
Campus setting: City
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

$4,266Average net price / year

$11,189Cost of attendance

$8,150Median federal student debt · completer borrowers

$86/moPublished 10-year payment estimate

$45,715Median earnings · year 5 after completion

30.9%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

13,382Student 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$2,941

$30–48k$3,646

$48–75k$6,005

$75–110k$8,699

$110k+$10,491

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$45,715

Year 6$30,927

Year 10$35,654

Full-time retention: 56.7%
Part-time retention: 40.4%
Completion within 200% of normal time: 33.4%

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.

50thEarnings percentile

12thCompletion 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.

$45,590Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$14,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt

59%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$38,851Year 1

$49,698Year 4

$45,715Year 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.

1Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other · Associate's Degree$126,290 2Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$77,947 3Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$77,536 4Computer Programming · Associate's Degree$69,769 5Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$67,587 6Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$62,512 7Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$60,449 8Information Science/Studies · Associate's Degree$57,923

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.

1Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate's Degree · $126,290 reported+82%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt 2Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $77,536 reported+35%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt 3Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree · $49,619 reported+34%vs same-degree national median$14,000federal debt 4Computer ProgrammingAssociate's Degree · $69,769 reported+20%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt 5Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $42,003 reported+18%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt 6Legal Support ServicesAssociate's Degree · $50,360 reported+13%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Observed earnings · year 5: $43,433
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Observed earnings · year 5: $50,753
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt	2023–24 awards
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other	Associate's Degree	$126,290	Not available	Not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	Associate's Degree	$77,947	$17,717	Not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$77,536	Not available	207
Computer Programming	Associate's Degree	$69,769	Not available	Not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	Associate's Degree	$67,587	$14,870	Not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	$62,512	Not available	Not reported
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	Associate's Degree	$60,449	$12,400	Not reported
Information Science/Studies	Associate's Degree	$57,923	$17,629	Not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$57,467	$19,750	280
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	$56,387	Not available	Not reported
Accounting and Related Services	Associate's Degree	$51,858	$15,931	Not reported
Legal Support Services	Associate's Degree	$50,360	Not available	Not reported
Precision Metal Working	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$49,899	Not available	1
Health and Medical Administrative Services	Associate's Degree	$49,619	$14,000	Not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections	Associate's Degree	$45,590	$7,149	Not reported
Human Resources Management and Services	Associate's Degree	$45,216	$21,439	Not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Associate's Degree	$44,372	$12,159	Not reported
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	Associate's Degree	$44,054	Not available	Not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	Associate's Degree	$44,042	$17,500	Not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	Associate's Degree	$43,482	$11,000	Not reported
Health and Medical Administrative Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$42,003	Not available	14
Culinary Arts and Related Services	Associate's Degree	$40,291	Not available	Not reported
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	$40,057	Not available	Not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	Associate's Degree	$39,291	Not available	Not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$37,913	Not available	76
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	Associate's Degree	$35,033	$11,564	Not reported
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Associate's Degree	$33,863	Not available	Not reported
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	$31,872	Not available	Not reported
Design and Applied Arts	Associate's Degree	$30,936	$11,795	Not 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.