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Kent State University at Tuscarawas

New Philadelphia, OH · 18 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$146,958 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.

27.7 yrsModeled economic break-even
−64%Modeled 10-year ROI
$53,321Observed 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
−$146,958at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$230,1680
2
4
6
8
−$146,95810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 27.7 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$7,492
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$17,342
Sticker price
Average net price$12,542
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$17,539
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$12,542Average net price / year
$17,539Cost of attendance
$24,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$260/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$53,321Median earnings · year 5 after completion
37.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,654Student 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$10,337
$30–48k$11,024
$48–75k$12,417
$75–110k$15,473
$110k+$16,148
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$53,321
Year 6$40,179
Year 10$45,388
Full-time retention
50.0%
Part-time retention
35.3%
Completion within 200% of normal time
5.5%

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
21thCompletion 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.

$47,501Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$25,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
33%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$40,674Year 1
$56,839Year 4
$53,321Year 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 · Associate's Degree$75,2962Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$66,6063Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General · Bachelor's Degree$64,2014Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$62,2655Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Bachelor's Degree$53,8336Accounting and Related Services · Associate's Degree$51,4457Communication and Media Studies · Bachelor's Degree$49,3758Criminal Justice and Corrections · Bachelor's Degree$48,569

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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$12,205
Observed earnings · year 5
$53,321
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
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Observed earnings · year 5
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
$12,767
Observed earnings · year 5
$52,832
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
$12,135
Observed earnings · year 5
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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 NursingAssociate's Degree$75,296$31,000
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$66,606$15,387
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralBachelor's Degree$64,201$27,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$62,265$26,000
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree$53,833$31,963
Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree$51,445Not available
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$49,375$26,000
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$48,569$25,937
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$48,510$20,500
Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate's Degree$47,501$20,565
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$47,306$19,748
Computer ProgrammingAssociate's Degree$45,424$20,729
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$42,328$25,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$41,717$26,000
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$41,290Not available
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$36,975$18,000
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$36,241$26,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's Degree$34,197$17,273

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.