10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$269,248at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Rend Lake College
⌖ Ina, IL · 7 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$269,248 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
−124%Modeled 10-year ROI
$39,750Observed 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
- Higher Learning Commission
- Main award level
- Certificates
- Campus setting
- Rural
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$9,187Average net price / year
$16,731Cost of attendance
$5,809Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$62/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$39,750Median earnings · year 5 after completion
63.4%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,175Student 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
$34,943Year 1
$46,506Year 4
$39,750Year 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.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$73,7212Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$65,5253Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,9234Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$41,8815Biological and Physical Sciences · Associate's Degree$41,6866Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$41,5037Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Graduate/Professional Certificate$40,356Observed 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.
1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $65,525 reported+0%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree · $41,881 reported-5%vs same-degree national median$5,500federal debt3Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $73,721 reported-9%vs same-degree national median$11,875federal debt4Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $42,923 reported-17%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate's Degree · $41,686 reported-17%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $41,503 reported-26%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
Comparable colleges in IL
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Olney, IL
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
- Annual net price
- $10,092
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $38,867
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -128%
Black Hawk College
- Annual net price
- $6,944
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $41,233
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -118%
John Wood Community College
- Annual net price
- $7,050
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $41,611
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -116%
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College
- Annual net price
- $7,397
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,636
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -111%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $73,721 | $11,875 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's Degree | $65,525 | Not available | Not reported |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $42,923 | Not available | 6 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $41,881 | $5,500 | Not reported |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Associate's Degree | $41,686 | Not available | Not reported |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $41,503 | Not available | 27 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $40,356 | 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.