10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$175,184at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Ithaca College
⌖ Ithaca, NY · 30 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$175,184 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.
22.5 yrsModeled economic break-even
−55%Modeled 10-year ROI
$59,052Observed 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
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- Suburban
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$33,926Average net price / year
$68,699Cost of attendance
$24,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$254/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$59,052Median earnings · year 5 after completion
76.2%Completion rate
69.0%Admission rate
4,242Student 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
$31,574Year 1
$60,436Year 4
$59,052Year 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.
1Accounting and Related Services · Master's Degree$114,0682Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$102,6263Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree$98,3734Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Doctoral Degree$84,7555Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Master's Degree$78,3206Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Bachelor's Degree$76,7667Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences · Bachelor's Degree$76,3188Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$75,810Observed 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.
1Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsBachelor's Degree · $76,766 reported+38%vs same-degree national median$25,959federal debt2Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree · $102,626 reported+35%vs same-degree national median$25,000federal debt3Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesBachelor's Degree · $76,318 reported+23%vs same-degree national median$23,149federal debt4MusicBachelor's Degree · $51,338 reported+20%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt5Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree · $114,068 reported+19%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's Degree · $46,563 reported+17%vs same-degree national median$26,000federal debt
Comparable colleges in NY
Currently operating private nonprofit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
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Skidmore College
- Annual net price
- $32,297
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $59,651
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -53%
Hartwick College
- Annual net price
- $31,320
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $58,204
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -57%
Touro University
- Annual net price
- $29,627
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $58,185
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -56%
Vassar College
- Annual net price
- $39,343
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $58,396
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -60%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Related Services | Master's Degree | $114,068 | Not available | Not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $102,626 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $98,373 | $21,000 | Not reported |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Doctoral Degree | $84,755 | Not available | 65 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Master's Degree | $78,320 | Not available | Not reported |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $76,766 | $25,959 | Not reported |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $76,318 | $23,149 | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $75,810 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's Degree | $75,163 | Not available | Not reported |
| Special Education and Teaching | Master's Degree | $69,444 | Not available | Not reported |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $68,029 | $23,250 | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Master's Degree | $61,782 | Not available | Not reported |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $61,317 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $61,090 | $24,403 | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | $58,902 | $26,500 | Not reported |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $58,804 | $23,921 | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $55,643 | $26,000 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $55,591 | $26,000 | Not reported |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $53,057 | $23,250 | Not reported |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | $51,338 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $51,001 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $49,440 | $19,500 | Not reported |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $48,412 | Not available | Not reported |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | $48,010 | $26,000 | Not reported |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | $46,563 | $26,000 | Not reported |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $44,829 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $38,727 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $22,875 | Not reported |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $22,095 | 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.