10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$133,392at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Occidental College
⌖ Los Angeles, CA · 13 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$133,392 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.
16.7 yrsModeled economic break-even
−40%Modeled 10-year ROI
$64,966Observed 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
$38,263Average net price / year
$84,800Cost of attendance
$23,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$244/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$64,966Median earnings · year 5 after completion
80.9%Completion rate
44.2%Admission rate
1,877Student 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
$37,306Year 1
$68,467Year 4
$64,966Year 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.
1Economics · Bachelor's Degree$103,1642Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree$88,0803Cognitive Science · Bachelor's Degree$78,7824Political Science and Government · Bachelor's Degree$72,4415Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · Bachelor's Degree$71,7796International Relations and National Security Studies · Bachelor's Degree$70,3947Biology, General · Bachelor's Degree$59,9858Natural Resources Conservation and Research · Bachelor's Degree$59,542Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
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Currently operating private nonprofit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
San Diego, CA
Point Loma Nazarene University
- Annual net price
- $38,729
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $62,384
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -48%
Scripps College
- Annual net price
- $36,294
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $68,594
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -27%
Pacific Union College
- Annual net price
- $41,008
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $68,000
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -33%
Woodbury University
- Annual net price
- $33,692
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $66,933
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -30%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $103,164 | $25,590 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $88,080 | Not available |
| Cognitive Science | Bachelor's Degree | $78,782 | Not available |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $72,441 | $25,700 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $71,779 | Not available |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $70,394 | $19,275 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $59,985 | $26,272 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | $59,542 | Not available |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $58,598 | $21,250 |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $56,800 | $19,764 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $22,067 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $25,978 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $20,804 |
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.