Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Johnson University

Knoxville, TN · 6 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$290,772 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.

Modeled economic break-even
−108%Modeled 10-year ROI
$42,748Observed 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
−$290,772at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$268,2520
2
4
6
8
−$290,77210
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$21,122
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$21,122
Sticker price
Average net price$22,063
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$34,244
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$22,063Average net price / year
$34,244Cost of attendance
$21,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$228/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$42,748Median earnings · year 5 after completion
56.8%Completion rate
65.1%Admission rate
743Student 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$17,246
$30–48k$19,212
$48–75k$23,206
$75–110k$25,075
$110k+$24,860
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$42,748
Year 6$35,649
Year 10$40,596
Full-time retention
69.4%
Part-time retention
18.2%
Completion within 200% of normal time
64.1%

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.

44thEarnings percentile
47thCompletion 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.

$39,600Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$23,250Median federal debt across categories that report debt
0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$34,857Year 1
$42,004Year 4
$42,748Year 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.

1Bible/Biblical Studies · Bachelor's Degree$39,600

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Bible/Biblical StudiesBachelor's Degree$39,600$24,375
Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyBachelor's DegreeNot available$23,876
Theological and Ministerial StudiesBachelor's DegreeNot available$23,250
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesBachelor's DegreeNot available$26,750
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's DegreeNot available$22,913
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's DegreeNot available$21,750

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.