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.
—Modeled economic break-even
−150%Modeled 10-year ROI
$31,123Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
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
−$414,602at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$275,8320
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4
6
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−$414,60210
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 tuitionNot availableSticker pricePublished out-of-state tuitionNot availableSticker priceAverage net price$23,958Title IV student averageCost of attendance$29,203Tuition + living budget
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$23,958Average net price / year
$29,203Cost of attendance
$15,917Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$169/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$31,123Median earnings · year 5 after completion
60.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
4,462Student 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$23,939
$30–48k$23,298
$48–75k$26,084
$75–110k$29,203
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT
What happens beyond the first earnings measure
Year 5$31,123
Year 6$26,349
Year 10$31,102
Full-time retention
0.0%
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.
24thEarnings percentile53thCompletion 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.
$37,417Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories$16,500Median federal debt across categories that report debt13%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$25,335Year 1
$34,393Year 4
$31,123Year 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.
Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
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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.