10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$243,622at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Palo Alto College
⌖ San Antonio, TX · 4 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$243,622 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
−123%Modeled 10-year ROI
$40,423Observed 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
$4,463Average net price / year
$11,946Cost of attendance
$13,393Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$142/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$40,423Median earnings · year 5 after completion
33.0%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
8,801Student 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
$29,360Year 1
$38,443Year 4
$40,423Year 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.
1Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$44,9522Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods · Associate's Degree$38,4093Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$37,3434Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$33,578Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in TX
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Carthage, TX
Panola College
- Annual net price
- $5,216
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $41,009
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -120%
El Paso Community College
- Annual net price
- $3,206
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $39,531
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -128%
Lamar State College-Port Arthur
- Annual net price
- $2,846
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $41,364
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -119%
Northeast Texas Community College
- Annual net price
- $6,706
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $40,808
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -120%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's Degree | $44,952 | Not available |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Associate's Degree | $38,409 | $9,430 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's Degree | $37,343 | Not available |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $33,578 | 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.