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Northeastern State University

⌖ Tahlequah, OK · 40 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$186,110 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.

51.6 yrsModeled economic break-even
−81%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,473Observed 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
−$186,110at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$230,8400
2
4
6
8
−$186,11010
Years after graduationBreak-even: 51.6 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$7,810
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$17,290
Sticker price
Average net price$12,710
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$21,551
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$12,710Average net price / year
$21,551Cost of attendance
$17,367Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$184/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,473Median earnings · year 5 after completion
35.4%Completion rate
99.6%Admission rate
4,772Student 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$10,598
$30–48k$9,827
$48–75k$12,612
$75–110k$18,188
$110k+$19,511
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$49,473
Year 6$41,207
Year 10$45,379
Full-time retention
60.5%
Part-time retention
21.7%
Completion within 200% of normal time
40.2%

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.

61thEarnings 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.

$53,366Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$23,165Median federal debt across categories that report debt
11%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$42,572Year 1
$50,752Year 4
$49,473Year 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.

1Optometry · First Professional Degree$119,4762Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$96,7023Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Master's Degree$82,8834Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$81,9445Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$69,3996Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians · Bachelor's Degree$69,2767Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree$67,8548Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$65,781

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

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
OptometryFirst Professional Degree$119,476Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$96,702$26,542
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsMaster's Degree$82,883Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$81,944Not available
Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree$69,399Not available
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree$69,276$21,189
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree$67,854$23,374
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$65,781$25,000
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's Degree$65,037Not available
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster's Degree$60,979Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$60,651$23,056
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree$57,549$30,750
Management Information Systems and ServicesBachelor's Degree$55,328Not available
Social WorkBachelor's Degree$54,943$30,785
MarketingBachelor's Degree$54,577$18,371
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition ServicesBachelor's Degree$54,484$16,024
MathematicsBachelor's Degree$53,978Not available
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$53,387$21,701
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessMaster's Degree$53,366Not available
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesBachelor's Degree$53,271$14,650
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasMaster's Degree$52,560Not available
Special Education and TeachingMaster's Degree$51,106Not available
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesBachelor's Degree$50,981$21,000
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$50,268$23,050
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$49,854Not available
Public HealthBachelor's Degree$48,057$27,464
HistoryBachelor's Degree$47,608$23,165
Library Science and AdministrationMaster's Degree$47,552Not available
JournalismBachelor's Degree$46,506Not available
Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's Degree$46,102$25,029
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's Degree$45,474$26,000
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$44,064$19,041
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$43,116$23,807
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree$41,705$30,582
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$40,275Not available
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$39,474Not available
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$38,731$24,250
SociologyBachelor's DegreeNot available$24,500
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's DegreeNot available$21,330
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's DegreeNot available$22,500

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.