Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon, OH · 11 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$220,994 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.

55.4 yrsModeled economic break-even
−82%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,869Observed 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
−$220,994at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$269,6840
2
4
6
8
−$220,99410
Years after graduationBreak-even: 55.4 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$37,158
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$37,158
Sticker price
Average net price$22,421
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$49,858
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
Higher Learning Commission
Main award level
Bachelor’s degrees
Campus setting
Town
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

$22,421Average net price / year
$49,858Cost of attendance
$25,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$265/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,869Median earnings · year 5 after completion
68.1%Completion rate
84.2%Admission rate
1,358Student 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$22,358
$30–48k$20,508
$48–75k$18,116
$75–110k$21,486
$110k+$26,271
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$49,869
Year 6$43,046
Year 10$49,555
Full-time retention
79.4%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
68.5%

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.

62thEarnings percentile
64thCompletion 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.

$59,219Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$27,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
22%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$39,999Year 1
$53,516Year 4
$49,869Year 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.

1Health and Medical Administrative Services · Master's Degree$121,7202Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$89,1303Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$74,5274Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$63,7145Biology, General · Bachelor's Degree$59,2196Social Work · Bachelor's Degree$51,7667Design and Applied Arts · Bachelor's Degree$40,6418Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · Bachelor's Degree$38,069

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's Degree$121,720Not availableNot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$89,130Not availableNot reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$74,527$26,952Not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$63,714$31,024Not reported
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$59,219$27,000Not reported
Social WorkBachelor's Degree$51,766$34,837Not reported
Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's Degree$40,641Not availableNot reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's Degree$38,069$27,000Not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$38,001$27,000Not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's DegreeNot available$12,000Not reported
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000Not 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.