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National Louis University

⌖ Chicago, IL · 25 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$155,864 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.

30.9 yrsModeled economic break-even

−68%Modeled 10-year ROI

$52,470Observed 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

−$155,864at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$230,5640

−$155,86410

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$12,705

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$12,705

Sticker price

Average net price$12,641

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$24,154

Tuition + living budget

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$12,641Average net price / year

$24,154Cost of attendance

$19,750Median federal student debt · completer borrowers

$209/moPublished 10-year payment estimate

$52,470Median earnings · year 5 after completion

30.1%Completion rate

95.0%Admission rate

4,406Student 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$12,462

$30–48k$11,567

$48–75k$12,996

$75–110k$15,447

$110k+$17,956

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$52,470

Year 6$43,562

Year 10$45,799

Full-time retention: 50.4%
Part-time retention: 25.8%
Completion within 200% of normal time: 33.6%

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.

67thEarnings percentile

11thCompletion 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.

$62,529Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$28,096Median federal debt across categories that report debt

52%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$47,217Year 1

$63,065Year 4

$52,470Year 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.

1Educational Administration and Supervision · Doctoral Degree$136,173 2Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$86,139 3Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology · Doctoral Degree$80,648 4Human Resources Management and Services · Master's Degree$79,490 5Health and Medical Administrative Services · Master's Degree$78,175 6Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$76,905 7Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · Master's Degree$74,580 8Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods · Bachelor's Degree$74,144

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 field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt
Educational Administration and Supervision	Doctoral Degree	$136,173	Not available
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Master's Degree	$86,139	Not available
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$80,648	Not available
Human Resources Management and Services	Master's Degree	$79,490	Not available
Health and Medical Administrative Services	Master's Degree	$78,175	Not available
Educational Administration and Supervision	Master's Degree	$76,905	Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	Master's Degree	$74,580	Not available
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	Bachelor's Degree	$74,144	$26,094
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$70,926	Not available
Special Education and Teaching	Master's Degree	$65,083	Not available
Health and Medical Administrative Services	Bachelor's Degree	$64,430	$36,305
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	Master's Degree	$62,529	Not available
Hospitality Administration/Management	Bachelor's Degree	$61,413	$28,491
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	Master's Degree	$61,024	Not available
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	Master's Degree	$59,315	Not available
Criminology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,989	$23,437
Psychology, General	Master's Degree	$56,286	Not available
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	$55,948	Not available
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$52,649	Not available
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$52,616	$28,202
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	Bachelor's Degree	$46,398	$42,172
Culinary Arts and Related Services	Associate's Degree	$45,609	$17,500
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	$45,388	$28,096
Psychology, General	Bachelor's Degree	Not available	$37,170
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Bachelor's Degree	Not available	$24,957

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.