Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Seton Hill University

Greensburg, PA · 19 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$206,946 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.

43.4 yrsModeled economic break-even
−77%Modeled 10-year ROI
$51,187Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
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
−$206,946at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$268,8160
2
4
6
8
−$206,94610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 43.4 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$42,944
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$42,944
Sticker price
Average net price$22,204
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$56,183
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Middle States 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
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$22,204Average net price / year
$56,183Cost of attendance
$27,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$286/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$51,187Median earnings · year 5 after completion
67.4%Completion rate
79.5%Admission rate
1,492Student 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$15,143
$30–48k$13,436
$48–75k$17,823
$75–110k$21,993
$110k+$27,764
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$51,187
Year 6$43,700
Year 10$51,748
Full-time retention
80.9%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
71.6%

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.

65thEarnings percentile
63thCompletion 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.

$56,609Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$27,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
28%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,278Year 1
$53,942Year 4
$51,187Year 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.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Master's Degree$117,5922Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Bachelor's Degree$112,7933Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$79,7224Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$74,6755Biology, General · Bachelor's Degree$70,8486Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$66,2767Human Resources Management and Services · Bachelor's Degree$65,3888Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness · Bachelor's Degree$59,841

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

Strongest relative outcomes

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.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's Degree · $112,793 reported+59%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt2Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree · $70,848 reported+24%vs same-degree national median$25,000federal debt3Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree · $59,841 reported+10%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt4Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · $74,675 reported+9%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree · $56,609 reported+2%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree · $47,328 reported-0%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's Degree$117,592Not availableNot reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's Degree$112,793$27,0000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$79,722Not availableNot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$74,675Not available3
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$70,848$25,000Not reported
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$66,276Not availableNot reported
Human Resources Management and ServicesBachelor's Degree$65,388$26,000Not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$59,841$27,000Not reported
MarketingBachelor's Degree$57,156$26,000Not reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$56,609Not availableNot reported
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsMaster's Degree$52,992Not availableNot reported
Special Education and TeachingMaster's Degree$51,666Not availableNot reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsNon-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)$47,479Not availableNot reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$47,328$27,0004
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsMaster's Degree$47,088Not availableNot reported
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$43,426$27,000Not reported
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesMaster's Degree$42,032Not availableNot reported
Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's Degree$34,890$27,000Not reported
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000Not 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.