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Paris Junior College

Paris, TX · 15 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$247,830 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
−118%Modeled 10-year ROI
$41,293Observed 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
−$247,830at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$210,7600
2
4
6
8
−$247,83010
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$2,700
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$5,700
Sticker price
Average net price$7,690
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$13,626
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$7,690Average net price / year
$13,626Cost of attendance
$5,342Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$57/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$41,293Median earnings · year 5 after completion
37.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
2,204Student 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$7,212
$30–48k$6,232
$48–75k$8,420
$75–110k$9,679
$110k+$11,096
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$41,293
Year 6$30,318
Year 10$36,515
Full-time retention
57.6%
Part-time retention
36.6%
Completion within 200% of normal time
37.3%

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.

40thEarnings percentile
21thCompletion 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.

$44,977Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$6,575Median federal debt across categories that report debt
20%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$33,045Year 1
$45,220Year 4
$41,293Year 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 · Associate's Degree$75,5302Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$67,9443Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$59,5234Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$52,2485Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$49,6536Business/Commerce, General · Associate's Degree$46,6557Accounting and Related Services · Associate's Degree$45,2438Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$44,977

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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$7,577
Observed earnings · year 5
$40,163
Modeled 10-year ROI
-123%
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Annual net price
$6,791
Observed earnings · year 5
$42,595
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$75,530$13,975
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$67,944Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$59,523Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$52,248Not available
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$49,653$9,086
Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate's Degree$46,655Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree$45,243Not available
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$44,977$5,750
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$43,280$6,575
Education, GeneralAssociate's Degree$40,844Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's Degree$39,613Not available
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,481Not available
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate's Degree$38,962Not available
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,386Not available
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Associate's Degree$32,045Not 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.