10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$162,028at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Riverland Community College
⌖ Austin, MN · 13 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$162,028 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-4 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.
44.0 yrsModeled economic break-even
−77%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,768Observed earnings · year 4
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
- Town
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$7,427Average net price / year
$14,442Cost of attendance
$12,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$127/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,768Median earnings · year 4 after completion
52.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
2,003Student 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
$43,060Year 1
$49,768Year 4
Not availableYear 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.
1Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$87,8642Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$84,3893Electrical and Power Transmission Installers · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$77,2804Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$69,4545Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$63,1066Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$58,2147Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$56,4638Ground Transportation · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$55,705Observed 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.
North Mankato, MN
South Central College
- Annual net price
- $9,082
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $49,648
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -79%
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
- Annual net price
- $11,191
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $50,368
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -76%
Minnesota North College
- Annual net price
- $10,432
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $47,781
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -87%
St Cloud Technical and Community College
- Annual net price
- $9,635
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $52,595
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -65%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precision Metal Working | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $87,864 | Not available | 10 |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $84,389 | Not available | 3 |
| Electrical and Power Transmission Installers | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $77,280 | $12,000 | Not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $69,454 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's Degree | $63,106 | Not available | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's Degree | $58,214 | Not available | Not reported |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $56,463 | $22,356 | 14 |
| Ground Transportation | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $55,705 | $4,750 | Not reported |
| Business/Commerce, General | Associate's Degree | $52,150 | $14,913 | Not reported |
| Business/Commerce, General | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $50,931 | Not available | 21 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $47,667 | $15,375 | Not reported |
| Human Services, General | Associate's Degree | $46,959 | Not available | Not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $33,385 | Not available | 5 |
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.