Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Our Lady of the Lake University

San Antonio, TX · 15 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$165,988 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.

30.8 yrsModeled economic break-even
−68%Modeled 10-year ROI
$52,978Observed 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
−$165,988at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$245,7680
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4
6
8
−$165,98810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 30.8 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$32,106
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$32,106
Sticker price
Average net price$16,442
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$42,865
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$16,442Average net price / year
$42,865Cost of attendance
$24,999Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$265/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$52,978Median earnings · year 5 after completion
46.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,066Student 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$16,236
$30–48k$18,595
$48–75k$17,225
$75–110k$17,118
$110k+$19,100
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$52,978
Year 6$41,195
Year 10$48,675
Full-time retention
62.8%
Part-time retention
62.5%
Completion within 200% of normal time
39.9%

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.

68thEarnings percentile
32thCompletion 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.

$58,231Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$27,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
13%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,834Year 1
$55,876Year 4
$52,978Year 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.

1Health and Medical Administrative Services · Master's Degree$97,0722Business Administration, Management and Operations · Doctoral Degree$94,5463Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$80,3664Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$67,9195Communication Disorders Sciences and Services · Master's Degree$66,8036Social Work · Master's Degree$62,9137Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree$59,8768Psychology, General · Master's Degree$58,231

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's Degree$97,072Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsDoctoral Degree$94,546Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$80,366Not available
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$67,919Not available
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster's Degree$66,803Not available
Social WorkMaster's Degree$62,913Not available
Student Counseling and Personnel ServicesMaster's Degree$59,876Not available
Psychology, GeneralMaster's Degree$58,231Not available
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$53,882$25,562
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$53,505$26,625
Social WorkBachelor's Degree$51,943$27,250
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$48,915$28,250
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesBachelor's Degree$48,740$27,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$47,860$27,500
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$39,524$25,125

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.