Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Doane University

Crete, NE · 16 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$177,626 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.

26.5 yrsModeled economic break-even
−62%Modeled 10-year ROI
$55,783Observed 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
−$177,626at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$285,4560
2
4
6
8
−$177,62610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 26.5 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$43,985
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$43,985
Sticker price
Average net price$26,364
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$57,836
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$26,364Average net price / year
$57,836Cost of attendance
$25,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$265/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$55,783Median earnings · year 5 after completion
57.1%Completion rate
98.0%Admission rate
978Student 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$21,129
$30–48k$24,188
$48–75k$24,225
$75–110k$26,122
$110k+$29,410
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$55,783
Year 6$46,009
Year 10$53,316
Full-time retention
79.3%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
61.7%

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.

74thEarnings percentile
48thCompletion 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.

$54,611Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$27,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
43%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$50,415Year 1
$58,227Year 4
$55,783Year 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.

1Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$75,3072Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$74,0753Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$65,6024Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$63,9835Biology, General · Bachelor's Degree$59,6896Curriculum and Instruction · Master's Degree$57,4147Special Education and Teaching · Bachelor's Degree$54,7338Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology · Master's Degree$54,611

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
Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree$75,307Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$74,075Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$65,602$26,324
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$63,983$26,991
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$59,689$27,000
Curriculum and InstructionMaster's Degree$57,414Not available
Special Education and TeachingBachelor's Degree$54,733$27,000
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's Degree$54,611Not available
HistoryBachelor's Degree$54,475Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$53,163$27,000
Human Services, GeneralBachelor's Degree$51,673$35,959
SociologyBachelor's Degree$48,705$26,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's Degree$48,268Not available
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$46,347$27,000
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's DegreeNot available$37,741

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.