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Murray State College

Tishomingo, OK · 7 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$205,176 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.

88.3 yrsModeled economic break-even
−89%Modeled 10-year ROI
$47,620Observed 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
−$205,176at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$231,3760
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4
6
8
−$205,17610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 88.3 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$7,230
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$11,430
Sticker price
Average net price$12,844
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$20,726
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$12,844Average net price / year
$20,726Cost of attendance
$47,620Median earnings · year 5 after completion
27.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,786Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

56thEarnings percentile
9thCompletion 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.

$48,487Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$14,336Median federal debt across categories that report debt
43%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$41,430Year 1
$49,179Year 4
$47,620Year 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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$77,1472Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$53,5113Agriculture, General · Associate's Degree$50,2684Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$48,4875Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$47,0516Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$43,9477Psychology, Other · Associate's Degree$35,599

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in OK

Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

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Northeastern State University

Annual net price
$12,710
Observed earnings · year 5
$49,473
Modeled 10-year ROI
-81%
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Annual net price
$11,001
Observed earnings · year 5
$46,936
Modeled 10-year ROI
-91%
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Annual net price
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$46,713
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Alva, OK

Northwestern Oklahoma State University

Annual net price
$10,104
Observed earnings · year 5
$48,321
Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$77,147$24,990
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$53,511$11,685
Agriculture, GeneralAssociate's Degree$50,268Not available
Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$48,487Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$47,051$12,750
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$43,947$14,336
Psychology, OtherAssociate's Degree$35,599$18,949

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.