10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$205,074at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Ridgewater College
⌖ Willmar, MN · 18 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$205,074 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.
145.7 yrsModeled economic break-even
−93%Modeled 10-year ROI
$46,511Observed 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, completion and earnings context
$10,046Average net price / year
$15,694Cost of attendance
$46,511Median earnings · year 5 after completion
50.2%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
2,162Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
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WHAT STANDS OUT
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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
$41,202Year 1
$49,859Year 4
$46,511Year 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.
1Electrical and Power Transmission Installers · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$77,7272Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$73,7643Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$73,5284Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$69,5045Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$63,2106Agricultural Production Operations · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$56,3117Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,7148Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$51,792Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in MN
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Hibbing, MN
Minnesota North College
- Annual net price
- $10,432
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $47,781
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -87%
Saint Paul College
- Annual net price
- $11,495
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $45,072
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -100%
Pine Technical & Community College
- Annual net price
- $12,798
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $47,073
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -91%
South Central College
- Annual net price
- $9,082
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $49,648
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -79%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
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.