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Indiana University-East

Richmond, IN · 15 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$126,576 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.

24.7 yrsModeled economic break-even
−60%Modeled 10-year ROI
$53,596Observed 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
−$126,576at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$212,5360
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4
6
8
−$126,57610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 24.7 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$8,424
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$22,811
Sticker price
Average net price$8,134
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$16,954
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$8,134Average net price / year
$16,954Cost of attendance
$18,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$191/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$53,596Median earnings · year 5 after completion
39.6%Completion rate
67.2%Admission rate
2,589Student 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$5,154
$30–48k$5,454
$48–75k$7,100
$75–110k$13,260
$110k+$16,067
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$53,596
Year 6$44,827
Year 10$47,156
Full-time retention
61.8%
Part-time retention
16.7%
Completion within 200% of normal time
43.1%

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.

69thEarnings percentile
23thCompletion 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.

$56,141Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$25,250Median federal debt across categories that report debt
33%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$44,082Year 1
$58,030Year 4
$53,596Year 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$115,2142Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$82,2123Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree$71,2234Business/Commerce, General · Bachelor's Degree$67,0075Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General · Bachelor's Degree$66,5976Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies · Graduate/Professional Certificate$65,5827Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$62,8868Communication and Media Studies · Bachelor's Degree$56,141

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Observed earnings · year 5
$51,803
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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$5,130
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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 debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree$115,214Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$82,212$27,000
MathematicsBachelor's Degree$71,223$22,388
Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree$67,007$25,250
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralBachelor's Degree$66,597Not available
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesGraduate/Professional Certificate$65,582Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$62,886$20,789
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$56,141$24,462
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree$53,389$29,072
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$51,990$28,686
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$49,596$26,893
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$47,103$25,866
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$45,505$16,477
Social WorkBachelor's Degree$43,470$15,300
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$38,061$26,991

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.