Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Gwinnett College-Lilburn

Lilburn, GA · 5 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$435,460 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.

Modeled economic break-even
−145%Modeled 10-year ROI
$31,524Observed 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
−$435,460at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$300,7000
2
4
6
8
−$435,46010
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$11,300
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$11,300
Sticker price
Average net price$30,175
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$37,077
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
NA
Main award level
Certificates
Campus setting
Suburban
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

$30,175Average net price / year
$37,077Cost of attendance
$18,062Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$191/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$31,524Median earnings · year 5 after completion
58.3%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
156Student 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$30,452
$30–48k$29,758
$48–75kNot available
$75–110kNot available
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$31,524
Year 6$33,273
Year 10$31,422
Full-time retention
60.0%
Part-time retention
62.5%
Completion within 200% of normal time
40.9%

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.

24thEarnings percentile
50thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$27,196Year 1
Not availableYear 4
$31,524Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Legal Support ServicesAssociate's DegreeNot available$28,783Not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$17,43023
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's DegreeNot available$25,072Not reported
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$13,00014
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's DegreeNot available$26,666Not 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.