Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Manor College

Jenkintown, PA · 4 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$206,492 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.

90.0 yrsModeled economic break-even
−89%Modeled 10-year ROI
$47,582Observed 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
−$206,492at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$232,3120
2
4
6
8
−$206,49210
Years after graduationBreak-even: 90.0 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$21,780
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$21,780
Sticker price
Average net price$13,078
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$27,557
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
Associate 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

$13,078Average net price / year
$27,557Cost of attendance
$19,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$201/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$47,582Median earnings · year 5 after completion
25.7%Completion rate
94.9%Admission rate
443Student 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$13,135
$30–48k$9,493
$48–75k$13,154
$75–110k$15,838
$110k+$17,817
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$47,582
Year 6$36,013
Year 10$46,825
Full-time retention
55.9%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
Not available

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.

56thEarnings percentile
8thCompletion 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.

$55,233Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$23,500Median federal debt across categories that report debt
50%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$35,004Year 1
$50,232Year 4
$47,582Year 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.

1Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$56,0052Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other · Associate's Degree$55,2983Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$55,2334Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$40,456

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.

1Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · $55,233 reported+33%vs same-degree national median$29,750federal debt2Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherAssociate's Degree · $55,298 reported+15%vs same-degree national median$19,000federal debt3Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree · $40,456 reported-8%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $56,005 reported-10%vs same-degree national median$23,500federal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$56,005$23,500Not reported
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherAssociate's Degree$55,298$19,000Not reported
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$55,233$29,750Not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$40,456Not availableNot 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.