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Madisonville Community College

Madisonville, KY · 10 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$234,824 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
−116%Modeled 10-year ROI
$41,680Observed 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
−$234,824at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$201,6240
2
4
6
8
−$234,82410
Years after graduationBreak-even: 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$4,728
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$6,432
Sticker price
Average net price$5,406
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$13,911
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
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Main award level
Certificates
Campus setting
Town
Admissions
Open 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

$5,406Average net price / year
$13,911Cost of attendance
$8,450Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$90/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$41,680Median earnings · year 5 after completion
48.6%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,841Student 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$3,843
$30–48k$4,862
$48–75k$6,972
$75–110k$8,078
$110k+$11,435
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$41,680
Year 6$31,257
Year 10$35,733
Full-time retention
66.0%
Part-time retention
59.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
57.2%

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.

41thEarnings percentile
35thCompletion 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.

$58,799Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$9,500Median federal debt across categories that report debt
50%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$44,154Year 1
$54,485Year 4
$41,680Year 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.

1Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$84,8112Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$73,5943Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$73,4034Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$69,7705Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$58,7996Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$47,9327Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,6458Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$34,313

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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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 debt2023–24 awards
Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$84,811$5,500Not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$73,594$16,999Not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$73,403$16,83629
Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$69,770$5,37516
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$58,799$15,144Not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$47,932$12,023Not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,645$9,50018
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$34,313$9,218Not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$13,7576
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$5,5004

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.