Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

La Roche University

Pittsburgh, PA · 12 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$163,146 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.

26.3 yrsModeled economic break-even
−62%Modeled 10-year ROI
$55,003Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
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
−$163,146at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$263,1760
2
4
6
8
−$163,14610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 26.3 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$34,052
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$34,052
Sticker price
Average net price$20,794
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$47,111
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
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
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$20,794Average net price / year
$47,111Cost of attendance
$25,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$265/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$55,003Median earnings · year 5 after completion
57.2%Completion rate
75.8%Admission rate
751Student 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$16,152
$30–48k$15,200
$48–75k$17,960
$75–110k$25,120
$110k+$27,145
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$55,003
Year 6$45,308
Year 10$52,341
Full-time retention
68.8%
Part-time retention
100.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
56.5%

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.

72thEarnings percentile
48thCompletion 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.

$53,064Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$26,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
20%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$40,716Year 1
$57,880Year 4
$55,003Year 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.

1Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other · Master's Degree$209,4942Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$92,9023Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$68,7174Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree$68,2485Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$59,1816Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods · Bachelor's Degree$53,0647Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other · Bachelor's Degree$51,8178Marketing · Bachelor's Degree$51,540

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

Strongest relative outcomes

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.

1Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree · $209,494 reported+157%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree · $92,902 reported+4%vs same-degree national median$31,135federal debt3Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree · $44,709 reported-12%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt4Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree · $46,184 reported-17%vs same-degree national median$26,000federal debt5Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree · $59,181 reported-22%vs same-degree national median$25,000federal debt6Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherBachelor's Degree · $51,817 reported-24%vs same-degree national median$26,000federal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree$209,494Not availableNot reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$92,902$31,135Not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$68,717Not availableNot reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree$68,248Not availableNot reported
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$59,181$25,000Not reported
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's Degree$53,064$25,497Not reported
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherBachelor's Degree$51,817$26,000Not reported
MarketingBachelor's Degree$51,540$25,500Not reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$46,184$26,000Not reported
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$44,709$27,000Not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's DegreeNot available$31,617Not reported
ChemistryBachelor's DegreeNot available$25,956Not 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.