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Franklin Pierce University

⌖ Rindge, NH · 19 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$123,296 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.

17.5 yrsModeled economic break-even
−43%Modeled 10-year ROI
$61,532Observed 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
−$123,296at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$288,6160
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4
6
8
−$123,29610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 17.5 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$46,442
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$46,442
Sticker price
Average net price$27,154
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$64,185
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$27,154Average net price / year
$64,185Cost of attendance
$61,532Median earnings · year 5 after completion
53.5%Completion rate
93.5%Admission rate
992Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

82thEarnings percentile
43thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$40,239Year 1
$66,687Year 4
$61,532Year 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.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Master's Degree$127,4762Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities · Master's Degree$105,0203Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$104,1074Human Resources Management and Services · Master's Degree$89,7705Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Doctoral Degree$84,5126Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$77,7057Health and Medical Administrative Services · Bachelor's Degree$75,2438Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$74,959

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 debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's Degree$127,476Not available
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and HumanitiesMaster's Degree$105,020Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$104,107Not available
Human Resources Management and ServicesMaster's Degree$89,770Not available
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsDoctoral Degree$84,512Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$77,705$28,870
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree$75,243$25,085
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$74,959$27,000
MarketingBachelor's Degree$71,685$27,000
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$70,125$27,000
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$69,449$27,000
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$67,628$26,274
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$57,556Not available
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$48,547$27,000
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's DegreeNot available$26,953
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$27,000
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000
Education, GeneralBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000

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.