10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$308,184at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Porterville College
⌖ Porterville, CA · 0 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$308,184 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
−134%Modeled 10-year ROI
$37,102Observed 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
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Main award level
- Associate degrees
- Campus setting
- Suburban
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$12,301Average net price / year
$20,730Cost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$37,102Median earnings · year 5 after completion
33.8%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
2,834Student 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.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
Not availableYear 1
$36,940Year 4
$37,102Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
Comparable colleges in CA
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Barstow, CA
Barstow Community College
- Annual net price
- $12,773
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $36,878
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -135%
Los Angeles Trade Technical College
- Annual net price
- $12,323
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $39,656
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -123%
Feather River Community College District
- Annual net price
- $10,800
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $39,056
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -127%
Lake Tahoe Community College
- Annual net price
- $8,516
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $37,604
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -135%
No field-level outcomes are currently reportable.
This college remains in the national directory because it appears in the College Scorecard. Program outcomes may be unavailable, privacy-suppressed or outside the reported cohorts.
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.