Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Felbry College

Columbus, OH · 1 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$140,978 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-4 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.

15.2 yrsModeled economic break-even
−34%Modeled 10-year ROI
$71,955Observed earnings · year 4
$22,388Maximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff

The price benchmark would need to fall by $35,245 per year to reach it.

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
−$140,978at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$410,5280
2
4
6
8
−$140,97810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 15.2 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$29,731
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$29,731
Sticker price
Average net price$57,632
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$60,136
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
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Main award level
Associate degrees
Campus setting
City
Admissions
Selective 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

$57,632Average net price / year
$60,136Cost of attendance
$17,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$180/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$71,955Median earnings · year 4 after completion
90.9%Completion rate
85.4%Admission rate
192Student 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$57,058
$30–48k$57,544
$48–75k$57,671
$75–110k$59,300
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5Not available
Year 6Not available
Year 10Not available
Full-time retention
100.0%
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.

91thEarnings percentile
93thCompletion 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.

$69,072Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$9,500Median federal debt across categories that report debt
100%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$52,530Year 1
$71,955Year 4
Not availableYear 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.

1Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$69,072

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.

1Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $69,072 reported+23%vs same-degree national median$9,500federal debt
BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Annual net price
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Observed earnings · year 5
$63,818
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
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Observed earnings · year 5
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
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Observed earnings · year 5
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
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Observed earnings · year 5
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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
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$69,072$9,5001

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.