10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$226,670at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Saint Louis Community College
⌖ Bridgeton, MO · 22 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$226,670 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
−106%Modeled 10-year ROI
$43,709Observed 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
- 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
$8,440Average net price / year
$14,560Cost of attendance
$6,725Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$71/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$43,709Median earnings · year 5 after completion
21.3%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
11,788Student 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
$37,846Year 1
$48,396Year 4
$43,709Year 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$83,6022Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$70,6753Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$69,2864Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$64,3945Accounting and Related Services · Associate's Degree$59,1846Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications · Associate's Degree$52,4577Legal Support Services · Associate's Degree$51,6468Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$49,853Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in MO
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Sedalia, MO
State Fair Community College
- Annual net price
- $7,985
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $41,663
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -116%
Harris-Stowe State University
- Annual net price
- $9,922
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $44,741
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -101%
Moberly Area Community College
- Annual net price
- $6,810
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,282
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -113%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
- Annual net price
- $8,398
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $48,385
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -84%
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 | $83,602 | $16,667 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's Degree | $70,675 | $16,500 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $69,286 | $11,000 | 130 |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Associate's Degree | $64,394 | Not available | Not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services | Associate's Degree | $59,184 | Not available | Not reported |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | Associate's Degree | $52,457 | Not available | Not reported |
| Legal Support Services | Associate's Degree | $51,646 | $6,500 | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's Degree | $49,853 | $6,625 | Not reported |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $47,850 | Not available | 8 |
| American Sign Language | Associate's Degree | $47,106 | Not available | Not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate's Degree | $45,659 | Not available | Not reported |
| Legal Support Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $45,509 | Not available | 39 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Associate's Degree | $45,128 | Not available | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $44,997 | $8,000 | Not reported |
| Business/Commerce, General | Associate's Degree | $44,473 | $11,000 | Not reported |
| Design and Applied Arts | Associate's Degree | $43,874 | Not available | Not reported |
| American Sign Language | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $42,255 | Not available | 32 |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services | Associate's Degree | $40,669 | Not available | Not reported |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Associate's Degree | $36,882 | Not available | Not reported |
| Human Services, General | Associate's Degree | $33,339 | $15,102 | Not reported |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $33,202 | Not available | 24 |
| Communication and Media Studies | Associate's Degree | $30,346 | 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.