Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Edward Waters University

Jacksonville, FL · 0 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$235,206 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.

Modeled economic break-even
−100%Modeled 10-year ROI
$44,939Observed 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
−$235,206at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$234,5960
2
4
6
8
−$235,20610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 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$16,366
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$16,366
Sticker price
Average net price$13,649
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$26,617
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$13,649Average net price / year
$26,617Cost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$44,939Median earnings · year 5 after completion
28.2%Completion rate
85.0%Admission rate
1,087Student 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$12,380
$30–48k$12,113
$48–75k$9,743
$75–110k$21,661
$110k+$20,865
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$44,939
Year 6$29,809
Year 10$34,782
Full-time retention
53.8%
Part-time retention
0.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
31.2%

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.

49thEarnings percentile
10thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

Not availableYear 1
Not availableYear 4
$44,939Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

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PROGRAM OUTCOMES

No field-level outcomes are currently reportable.

This college remains in the national directory because it appears in the College Scorecard. Program outcomes may be unavailable, privacy-suppressed or outside the reported cohorts.

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.