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Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College

⌖ Minden, LA · 8 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$292,874 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

−135%Modeled 10-year ROI

$37,415Observed 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

−$292,874at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$217,0240

−$292,87410

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$4,109

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$4,109

Sticker price

Average net price$9,256

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$16,807

Tuition + living budget

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$9,256Average net price / year

$16,807Cost of attendance

Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers

Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate

$37,415Median earnings · year 5 after completion

77.4%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

866Student 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$9,103

$30–48k$9,690

$48–75k$9,833

$75–110k$11,662

$110k+Not available

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$37,415

Year 6$31,084

Year 10$32,503

Full-time retention: 78.7%
Part-time retention: 45.1%
Completion within 200% of normal time: 73.8%

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.

33thEarnings percentile

78thCompletion 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.

$38,945Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$5,500Median federal debt across categories that report debt

25%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$34,981Year 1

$46,119Year 4

$37,415Year 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.

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Modeled 10-year ROI: -132%

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Observed earnings · year 5: $38,009
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$86,604	Not available
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$82,769	$5,500
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$53,726	$14,354
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$40,498	Not available
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$38,945	Not available
Ground Transportation	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$38,929	Not available
Precision Metal Working	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$36,450	Not available
Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$23,162	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.