10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$205,552at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Delaware Valley University
⌖ Doylestown, PA · 16 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$205,552 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.
33.5 yrsModeled economic break-even
−70%Modeled 10-year ROI
$53,756Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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.
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
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- Suburban
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$28,278Average net price / year
$59,933Cost of attendance
$25,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$265/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$53,756Median earnings · year 5 after completion
55.9%Completion rate
93.2%Admission rate
1,628Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
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.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$37,754Year 1
$54,681Year 4
$53,756Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$88,9352Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$85,5303Food Science and Technology · Bachelor's Degree$70,2224Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$66,2105Criminal Justice and Corrections · Bachelor's Degree$62,3176Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology · Master's Degree$57,7097Biology, General · Bachelor's Degree$55,2448Agricultural Business and Management · Bachelor's Degree$53,349Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
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.
1Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree · $85,530 reported+19%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree · $62,317 reported+13%vs same-degree national median$25,455federal debt3Animal SciencesBachelor's Degree · $49,225 reported-1%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt4Food Science and TechnologyBachelor's Degree · $70,222 reported-1%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · $66,210 reported-3%vs same-degree national median$26,000federal debt6Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree · $55,244 reported-3%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt
Comparable colleges in PA
Currently operating private nonprofit 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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Chestnut Hill College
- Annual net price
- $27,970
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $53,896
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -70%
Eastern University
- Annual net price
- $26,662
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $53,587
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -70%
Messiah University
- Annual net price
- $26,502
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $54,275
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -68%
Juniata College
- Annual net price
- $23,988
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $53,474
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -69%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's Degree | $88,935 | Not available | Not reported |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Master's Degree | $85,530 | Not available | Not reported |
| Food Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | $70,222 | Not available | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $66,210 | $26,000 | 2 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's Degree | $62,317 | $25,455 | 0 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Master's Degree | $57,709 | Not available | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $55,244 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $53,349 | Not available | Not reported |
| Agricultural Production Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $49,746 | $26,500 | 0 |
| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $49,225 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $48,732 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $48,031 | Not available | Not reported |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $40,575 | $26,400 | Not reported |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $38,899 | $26,420 | Not reported |
| Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $26,000 | Not reported |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $27,000 | 0 |
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.