10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$238,728at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Point Park University
⌖ Pittsburgh, PA · 18 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$238,728 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.
63.0 yrsModeled economic break-even
−84%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,504Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
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.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$25,942Average net price / year
$52,643Cost of attendance
$27,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$286/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,504Median earnings · year 5 after completion
58.5%Completion rate
96.9%Admission rate
2,331Student 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
$30,901Year 1
$53,024Year 4
$49,504Year 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 · Master's Degree$90,7222Health and Medical Administrative Services · Master's Degree$89,8253Educational Administration and Supervision · Doctoral Degree$88,5254Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations · Master's Degree$86,5545Educational Administration and Supervision · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$83,8626Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$74,6397Curriculum and Instruction · Master's Degree$67,9198Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication · Bachelor's Degree$55,545Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Educational Administration and SupervisionUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $83,862 reported+78%vs same-degree national median$32,447federal debt2Curriculum and InstructionMaster's Degree · $67,919 reported+7%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's Degree · $40,121 reported+1%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt4Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's Degree · $89,825 reported-0%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationBachelor's Degree · $49,951 reported-1%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt6Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree · $74,639 reported-2%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
Comparable colleges in PA
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.
Bryn Mawr, PA
Harcum College
- Annual net price
- $24,776
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $49,638
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -83%
Geneva College
- Annual net price
- $25,890
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $51,124
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -78%
Thiel College
- Annual net price
- $22,347
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $48,963
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -85%
Eastern University
- Annual net price
- $26,662
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $53,587
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -70%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's Degree | $90,722 | Not available | Not reported |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Master's Degree | $89,825 | Not available | Not reported |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Doctoral Degree | $88,525 | Not available | 43 |
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations | Master's Degree | $86,554 | Not available | Not reported |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $83,862 | $32,447 | Not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $74,639 | Not available | Not reported |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | $67,919 | Not available | Not reported |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $55,545 | $28,850 | 0 |
| Special Education and Teaching | Master's Degree | $54,901 | Not available | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $53,332 | $30,899 | Not reported |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $49,951 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's Degree | $47,830 | $29,037 | Not reported |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $47,669 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $45,859 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $41,751 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | $40,121 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | $37,205 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $32,822 | Not available | Not 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.