Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Rollins College

Winter Park, FL · 20 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$180,058 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.

23.0 yrsModeled economic break-even
−56%Modeled 10-year ROI
$58,887Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$180,058at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$318,9280
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4
6
8
−$180,05810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 23.0 years
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.

Published in-state tuition$60,580
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$60,580
Sticker price
Average net price$34,732
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$76,108
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$34,732Average net price / year
$76,108Cost of attendance
$25,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$270/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$58,887Median earnings · year 5 after completion
75.0%Completion rate
47.5%Admission rate
2,631Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$27,177
$30–48k$27,965
$48–75k$30,079
$75–110k$32,393
$110k+$41,006
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$58,887
Year 6$48,239
Year 10$58,295
Full-time retention
85.2%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
78.1%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

78thEarnings percentile
75thCompletion percentile
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.

$69,695Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$26,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
68%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$38,844Year 1
$65,488Year 4
$58,887Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$118,2772Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$105,2993Human Resources Management and Services · Master's Degree$96,4394Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations · Bachelor's Degree$85,5745Business/Commerce, General · Bachelor's Degree$80,6546Political Science and Government · Bachelor's Degree$76,6007Public Health · Master's Degree$76,0518Human Resources Management and Services · Bachelor's Degree$72,876

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Annual net price
$36,211
Observed earnings · year 5
$60,046
Modeled 10-year ROI
-54%
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Annual net price
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
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Annual net price
$28,551
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$118,277$27,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$105,299Not available
Human Resources Management and ServicesMaster's Degree$96,439Not available
Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsBachelor's Degree$85,574Not available
Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree$80,654$26,000
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree$76,600$25,362
Public HealthMaster's Degree$76,051Not available
Human Resources Management and ServicesBachelor's Degree$72,876Not available
International Relations and National Security StudiesBachelor's Degree$70,502$27,000
International BusinessBachelor's Degree$69,695$25,000
EconomicsBachelor's Degree$68,194$26,000
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's Degree$63,363Not available
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$62,086$26,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$61,095$24,483
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$55,912$26,000
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's Degree$53,923Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$53,908$27,000
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$48,340$27,000
MusicBachelor's Degree$45,910$27,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's DegreeNot available$26,794

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.