10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$249,476at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Hocking College
⌖ Nelsonville, OH · 8 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$249,476 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
−106%Modeled 10-year ROI
$43,534Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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.
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
- Associate degrees
- Campus setting
- Rural
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$13,704Average net price / year
$19,171Cost of attendance
$11,584Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$123/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$43,534Median earnings · year 5 after completion
37.2%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,311Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
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.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$33,200Year 1
$44,764Year 4
$43,534Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
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 · Associate's Degree$62,1022Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,5403Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$46,6684Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$42,5935Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy · Associate's Degree$42,1816Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management · Associate's Degree$38,5417Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$31,625Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
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.
1Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree · $46,668 reported+10%vs same-degree national median$17,146federal debt2Wildlife and Wildlands Science and ManagementAssociate's Degree · $38,541 reported+4%vs same-degree national median$12,500federal debt3Environmental/Natural Resources Management and PolicyAssociate's Degree · $42,181 reported+0%vs same-degree national median$12,000federal debt4Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $54,540 reported-3%vs same-degree national median$19,038federal debt5Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree · $42,593 reported-3%vs same-degree national median$16,293federal debt6Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $62,102 reported-23%vs same-degree national median$25,396federal debt
Comparable colleges in OH
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Archbold, OH
Northwest State Community College
- Annual net price
- $13,555
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $43,447
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -107%
Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools
- Annual net price
- $15,732
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $43,022
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -108%
Central State University
- Annual net price
- $13,096
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $41,406
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -115%
Toledo Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education
- Annual net price
- $13,494
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $46,656
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -93%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $62,102 | $25,396 | Not reported |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $54,540 | $19,038 | 5 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate's Degree | $46,668 | $17,146 | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $42,593 | $16,293 | Not reported |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy | Associate's Degree | $42,181 | $12,000 | Not reported |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management | Associate's Degree | $38,541 | $12,500 | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's Degree | $31,625 | $14,750 | Not reported |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations | Associate's Degree | Not available | $15,156 | Not 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.