Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Ohio Christian University

Circleville, OH · 17 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$266,098 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−101%Modeled 10-year ROI
$44,633Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
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
−$266,098at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$262,4280
2
4
6
8
−$266,09810
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$24,600
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$24,600
Sticker price
Average net price$20,607
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$35,017
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Higher Learning Commission
Main award level
Bachelor’s degrees
Campus setting
Rural
Admissions
Selective admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$20,607Average net price / year
$35,017Cost of attendance
$29,579Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$314/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$44,633Median earnings · year 5 after completion
33.9%Completion rate
38.0%Admission rate
862Student 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$22,113
$30–48k$22,338
$48–75k$15,292
$75–110k$22,034
$110k+$20,159
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$44,633
Year 6$34,457
Year 10$39,813
Full-time retention
62.4%
Part-time retention
28.6%
Completion within 200% of normal time
43.2%

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.

48thEarnings percentile
17thCompletion 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.

$44,701Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$27,841Median federal debt across categories that report debt
12%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,996Year 1
$49,508Year 4
$44,633Year 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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$79,4532Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$73,5543Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$58,2934Homeland Security · Bachelor's Degree$53,6265Criminal Justice and Corrections · Bachelor's Degree$53,4806Theological and Ministerial Studies · Master's Degree$52,6317Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$49,8898Religion/Religious Studies · Bachelor's Degree$46,350

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 debt2023–24 awards
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$79,453Not availableNot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$73,554Not availableNot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$58,293$35,515Not reported
Homeland SecurityBachelor's Degree$53,626Not availableNot reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$53,480Not availableNot reported
Theological and Ministerial StudiesMaster's Degree$52,631Not availableNot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$49,889$22,950Not reported
Religion/Religious StudiesBachelor's Degree$46,350$37,000Not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$44,701Not availableNot reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree$43,805$28,250Not reported
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$42,140$26,792Not reported
Religion/Religious StudiesAssociate's Degree$41,567$25,042Not reported
Human Services, GeneralBachelor's Degree$41,533$32,498Not reported
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's Degree$40,901$46,200Not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$40,291Not availableNot reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$37,365$27,841Not reported
Human Services, GeneralAssociate's Degree$35,767$27,381Not reported

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

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.