10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$243,506at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Northeast State Community College
⌖ Blountville, TN · 8 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$243,506 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
$41,395Observed earnings · year 5
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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.
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$6,864Average net price / year
$15,793Cost of attendance
$6,827Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$72/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$41,395Median earnings · year 5 after completion
33.3%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
4,404Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
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.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$33,442Year 1
$45,463Year 4
$41,395Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$96,1962Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$73,3043Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$55,5274Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$53,6065Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$46,6466Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other · Associate's Degree$42,9067Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$39,6338Computer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$38,385Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in TN
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Shelbyville, TN
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville
- Annual net price
- $7,573
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,582
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -111%
Walters State Community College
- Annual net price
- $5,387
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $41,967
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -115%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro
- Annual net price
- $6,631
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $43,358
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -108%
Cleveland State Community College
- Annual net price
- $6,384
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $43,313
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -108%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $96,196 | $6,700 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $73,304 | $6,511 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's Degree | $55,527 | Not available |
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $53,606 | Not available |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $46,646 | Not available |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Associate's Degree | $42,906 | Not available |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $39,633 | $6,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Associate's Degree | $38,385 | Not 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.