10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$302,604at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Keystone College
⌖ La Plume, PA · 9 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$302,604 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
−113%Modeled 10-year ROI
$41,560Observed 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
$22,051Average net price / year
$32,071Cost of attendance
$26,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$276/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$41,560Median earnings · year 5 after completion
35.9%Completion rate
84.8%Admission rate
771Student 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
$34,412Year 1
$46,043Year 4
$41,560Year 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.
1Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$63,1482Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$57,4473Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$54,6954Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness · Bachelor's Degree$52,7475Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$51,3896Social Sciences, Other · Bachelor's Degree$46,4527Criminal Justice and Corrections · Bachelor's Degree$41,6958Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology · Bachelor's Degree$41,571Observed 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.
1Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree · $52,747 reported-3%vs same-degree national median$26,981federal debt2Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · $57,447 reported-16%vs same-degree national median$29,780federal debt3Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyBachelor's Degree · $41,571 reported-18%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt4Social Sciences, OtherBachelor's Degree · $46,452 reported-18%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt5Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree · $41,695 reported-25%vs same-degree national median$28,500federal debt6Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree · $54,695 reported-28%vs same-degree national median$27,949federal debt
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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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Lackawanna College
- Annual net price
- $19,951
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $43,390
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -106%
Orleans Technical College
- Annual net price
- $20,113
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $44,276
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -103%
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
- Annual net price
- $20,586
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $38,029
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -127%
Lancaster Bible College
- Annual net price
- $25,480
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $38,922
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -122%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $63,148 | Not available | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $57,447 | $29,780 | Not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $54,695 | $27,949 | Not reported |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $52,747 | $26,981 | Not reported |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Master's Degree | $51,389 | Not available | Not reported |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $46,452 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's Degree | $41,695 | $28,500 | Not reported |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $41,571 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $27,094 | $30,372 | 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.