Public · COLLEGE PAYOFF

New River Community College

Dublin, VA · 10 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$240,446 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.

Modeled economic break-even
−117%Modeled 10-year ROI
$41,467Observed 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
−$240,446at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$205,1160
2
4
6
8
−$240,44610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 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$4,979
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$11,417
Sticker price
Average net price$6,279
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$13,864
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$6,279Average net price / year
$13,864Cost of attendance
$9,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$95/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$41,467Median earnings · year 5 after completion
49.9%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,965Student 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$4,883
$30–48k$5,363
$48–75k$7,993
$75–110k$9,931
$110k+$12,263
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$41,467
Year 6$32,910
Year 10$40,025
Full-time retention
67.5%
Part-time retention
53.7%
Completion within 200% of normal time
47.5%

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.

41thEarnings percentile
37thCompletion 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.

$54,867Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$11,562Median federal debt across categories that report debt
60%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,888Year 1
$49,197Year 4
$41,467Year 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.

1Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$85,6982Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$84,5713Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$72,4204Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$57,2335Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$56,3676Computer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$54,8677Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$49,4418Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$41,463

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$85,698Not available
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$84,571$11,562
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$72,420$15,500
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$57,233$14,864
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$56,367Not available
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$54,867Not available
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$49,441Not available
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$41,463$10,600
Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate's Degree$37,394Not available
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,615Not available

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.