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Edison State Community College

Piqua, OH · 5 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$162,218 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.

45.0 yrsModeled economic break-even
−78%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,635Observed 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
−$162,218at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$208,5680
2
4
6
8
−$162,21810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 45.0 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$4,499
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$8,346
Sticker price
Average net price$7,142
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$13,472
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
Higher Learning Commission
Main award level
Certificates
Campus setting
Rural
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

$7,142Average net price / year
$13,472Cost of attendance
$16,250Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$172/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,635Median earnings · year 5 after completion
38.0%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,302Student 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$6,708
$30–48k$8,925
$48–75k$8,674
$75–110k$6,342
$110k+$12,146
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$49,635
Year 6$34,785
Year 10$41,360
Full-time retention
Not available
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
Not available

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.

61thEarnings percentile
21thCompletion 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.

$43,036Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$12,799Median federal debt across categories that report debt
20%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$46,542Year 1
$53,413Year 4
$49,635Year 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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$71,3262Accounting and Related Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$49,6873Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$43,0364Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,2995Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$40,794

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$71,326$21,420Not reported
Accounting and Related ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$49,687Not available21
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$43,036Not availableNot reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,299$12,799205
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$40,794$12,000Not 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.