10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$139,684at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Lincoln Memorial University
⌖ Harrogate, TN · 20 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$139,684 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.
21.5 yrsModeled economic break-even
−53%Modeled 10-year ROI
$57,194Observed earnings · year 5
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.
Cost, completion and earnings context
$20,406Average net price / year
$41,530Cost of attendance
$57,194Median earnings · year 5 after completion
49.7%Completion rate
62.6%Admission rate
1,572Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$54,326Year 1
$69,633Year 4
$57,194Year 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.
1Medicine · First Professional Degree$170,5212Veterinary Medicine · First Professional Degree$131,8653Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Master's Degree$126,8524Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$116,4815Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other · Master's Degree$81,6816Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$81,2247Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$79,5618Law · First Professional Degree$73,596Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
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- Annual net price
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- Observed earnings · year 5
- $58,971
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -50%
King University
- Annual net price
- $22,347
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $61,767
- Modeled 10-year ROI
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Lipscomb University
- Annual net price
- $24,739
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $60,793
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -43%
The University of the South
- Annual net price
- $27,872
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $57,680
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -56%
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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.