10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
+$123,280at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
San Jose State University
⌖ San Jose, CA · 0 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Positive payoff
+$123,280 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
This is a positive modeled result. Price, time to finish and future earnings can still change the outcome.
6.6 yrsModeled economic break-even
+52%Modeled 10-year ROI
$80,832Observed 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
$13,760Average net price / year
$26,593Cost of attendance
$80,832Median earnings · year 5 after completion
69.2%Completion rate
84.6%Admission rate
27,601Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$58,993Year 1
$89,614Year 4
$80,832Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
Comparable colleges in CA
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Los Angeles
- Annual net price
- $12,548
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $77,498
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +41%
University of California, San Diego
- Annual net price
- $12,470
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $84,593
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +72%
University of California, Davis
- Annual net price
- $14,741
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $75,091
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +26%
Foothill College
- Annual net price
- $7,653
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $78,860
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +61%
No field-level outcomes are currently reportable.
This college remains in the national directory because it appears in the College Scorecard. Program outcomes may be unavailable, privacy-suppressed or outside the reported cohorts.
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.