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Manhattan Christian College

⌖ Manhattan, KS · 1 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$334,852 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-4 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

−121%Modeled 10-year ROI

$39,200Observed earnings · year 4

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

−$334,852at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$276,8520

−$334,85210

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$19,126

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$19,126

Sticker price

Average net price$24,213

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$34,466

Tuition + living budget

COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor: Higher Learning Commission
Main award level: Bachelor’s degrees
Campus setting: City
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

$24,213Average net price / year

$34,466Cost of attendance

$24,250Median federal student debt · completer borrowers

$257/moPublished 10-year payment estimate

$39,200Median earnings · year 4 after completion

44.3%Completion rate

100.0%Admission rate

146Student 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$23,218

$30–48k$19,496

$48–75k$24,125

$75–110k$26,489

$110k+$24,466

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5Not available

Year 6$40,023

Year 10$48,860

Full-time retention: 76.7%
Part-time retention: Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time: 46.7%

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.

37thEarnings percentile

30thCompletion 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.

$45,100Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$25,250Median federal debt across categories that report debt

100%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$33,667Year 1

$39,200Year 4

Not availableYear 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.

1Bible/Biblical Studies · Bachelor's Degree$45,100

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.

1Bible/Biblical StudiesBachelor's Degree · $45,100 reported+1%vs same-degree national median$25,250federal debt

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt	2023–24 awards
Bible/Biblical Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$45,100	$25,250	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.