10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$367,878at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Sarah Lawrence College
⌖ Bronxville, NY · 4 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$367,878 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
$42,787Observed 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
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- Suburban
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$41,437Average net price / year
$82,467Cost of attendance
$27,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$286/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$42,787Median earnings · year 5 after completion
71.3%Completion rate
61.7%Admission rate
1,530Student 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
$26,788Year 1
$50,184Year 4
$42,787Year 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.
1Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions · Master's Degree$100,7142Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies · Master's Degree$51,0843Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Bachelor's Degree$48,2254Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Master's Degree$45,406Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsMaster's Degree · $100,714 reported+69%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesMaster's Degree · $51,084 reported-7%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree · $48,225 reported-9%vs same-degree national median$24,245federal debt4Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsMaster's Degree · $45,406 reported-36%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
Comparable colleges in NY
Currently operating private nonprofit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Hyde Park, NY
Culinary Institute of America
- Annual net price
- $36,113
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,127
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -109%
Marymount Manhattan College
- Annual net price
- $36,861
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $49,734
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -86%
Bard College
- Annual net price
- $34,649
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $37,767
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -123%
Simon's Rock at Bard College
- Annual net price
- $31,625
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $37,767
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -124%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions | Master's Degree | $100,714 | Not available | Not reported |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | $51,084 | Not available | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $48,225 | $24,245 | Not reported |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Master's Degree | $45,406 | 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.