Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville, OH · 22 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$228,036 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.

59.2 yrsModeled economic break-even
−83%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,632Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
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
−$228,036at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$274,3560
2
4
6
8
−$228,03610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 59.2 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$34,100
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$34,100
Sticker price
Average net price$23,589
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$44,580
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
Bachelor’s 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

$23,589Average net price / year
$44,580Cost of attendance
$23,384Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$248/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,632Median earnings · year 5 after completion
75.4%Completion rate
58.4%Admission rate
2,901Student 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$19,696
$30–48k$18,616
$48–75k$20,288
$75–110k$20,744
$110k+$25,675
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$49,632
Year 6$42,037
Year 10$50,030
Full-time retention
87.5%
Part-time retention
62.5%
Completion within 200% of normal time
77.0%

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
76thCompletion 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.

$51,180Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$25,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
14%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,285Year 1
$49,762Year 4
$49,632Year 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 · Master's Degree$115,8032Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$90,6873Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$75,3624Finance and Financial Management Services · Bachelor's Degree$72,4265Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree$72,1946Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$68,8097Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$66,8798Biology, General · Bachelor's Degree$62,048

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

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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 NursingMaster's Degree$115,803Not available0
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$90,687Not availableNot reported
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$75,362Not availableNot reported
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree$72,426Not availableNot reported
MathematicsBachelor's Degree$72,194$20,500Not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$68,809$27,000Not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$66,879$27,000Not reported
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$62,048$24,500Not reported
MarketingBachelor's Degree$56,937$25,000Not reported
Theological and Ministerial StudiesMaster's Degree$55,071Not availableNot reported
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's Degree$51,180Not availableNot reported
Education, GeneralMaster's Degree$49,511Not availableNot reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$45,370$20,199Not reported
Social WorkBachelor's Degree$44,867$27,000Not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$42,987$27,000Not reported
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$42,188$24,953Not reported
Religious EducationBachelor's Degree$40,987$26,980Not reported
Theological and Ministerial StudiesBachelor's Degree$39,091$25,000Not reported
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$38,761$26,000Not reported
HistoryBachelor's Degree$37,605$24,000Not reported
PhilosophyBachelor's Degree$31,906$25,000Not reported
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's DegreeNot available$25,298Not 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.