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North Central Texas College

Gainesville, TX · 12 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$154,608 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.

39.9 yrsModeled economic break-even
−75%Modeled 10-year ROI
$50,174Observed 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
−$154,608at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$206,3480
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4
6
8
−$154,60810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 39.9 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$3,600
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$5,739
Sticker price
Average net price$6,587
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$10,200
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$6,587Average net price / year
$10,200Cost of attendance
$11,250Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$119/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$50,174Median earnings · year 5 after completion
34.9%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
5,863Student 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$5,439
$30–48k$5,505
$48–75k$7,059
$75–110k$8,250
$110k+$10,096
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$50,174
Year 6$38,779
Year 10$45,809
Full-time retention
66.0%
Part-time retention
52.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
40.4%

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
18thCompletion 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.

$49,136Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$16,352Median federal debt across categories that report debt
67%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$40,516Year 1
$52,437Year 4
$50,174Year 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$82,0812Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$73,8113Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$68,3434Fire Protection · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$59,7665Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$55,4516Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$52,7687Information Science/Studies · Associate's Degree$49,1368Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$47,644

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
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$82,081$21,948
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$73,811Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$68,343$19,425
Fire ProtectionUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$59,766Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$55,451$21,136
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$52,768$18,499
Information Science/StudiesAssociate's Degree$49,136$12,000
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$47,644Not available
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$46,319$11,546
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's Degree$45,900$16,352
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,522Not available
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$28,796$6,812

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.