Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Nossi College of Art and Design

Nashville, TN · 1 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$370,116 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
−134%Modeled 10-year ROI
$35,606Observed 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
−$370,116at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$276,1760
2
4
6
8
−$370,11610
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$20,350
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$20,350
Sticker price
Average net price$24,044
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$27,710
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$24,044Average net price / year
$27,710Cost of attendance
$35,606Median earnings · year 5 after completion
41.8%Completion rate
46.3%Admission rate
247Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

30thEarnings percentile
27thCompletion 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.

$35,075Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$46,500Median federal debt across categories that report debt
0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$27,809Year 1
$35,271Year 4
$35,606Year 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.

1Design and Applied Arts · Bachelor's Degree$35,075

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
Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's Degree$35,075$46,500

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.