10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$195,746at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Macalester College
⌖ Saint Paul, MN · 11 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$195,746 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.
27.3 yrsModeled economic break-even
−63%Modeled 10-year ROI
$56,285Observed 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, debt, completion and earnings context
$32,149Average net price / year
$82,991Cost of attendance
$23,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$244/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$56,285Median earnings · year 5 after completion
87.1%Completion rate
28.5%Admission rate
2,131Student 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
$34,157Year 1
$58,560Year 4
$56,285Year 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$109,4572Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree$91,9793Economics · Bachelor's Degree$85,5934Political Science and Government · Bachelor's Degree$58,5555Biology, General · Bachelor's Degree$56,1416International/Globalization Studies · Bachelor's Degree$56,0917Geography and Cartography · Bachelor's Degree$52,5578Natural Resources Conservation and Research · Bachelor's Degree$45,632Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in MN
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.
Moorhead, MN
Concordia College at Moorhead
- Annual net price
- $24,902
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $55,336
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -63%
College of Saint Benedict
- Annual net price
- $26,640
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $60,000
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -48%
St Olaf College
- Annual net price
- $23,874
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $59,029
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -49%
Hamline University
- Annual net price
- $20,744
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $56,415
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -57%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $109,457 | $20,829 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $91,979 | $22,483 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $85,593 | $24,000 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $58,555 | $23,250 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $56,141 | $21,500 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $56,091 | $23,324 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | $52,557 | $19,049 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | $45,632 | $19,000 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $20,000 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $24,177 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $26,000 |
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.