10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$191,534at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Shawnee State University
⌖ Portsmouth, OH · 25 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$191,534 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.
51.6 yrsModeled economic break-even
−81%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,599Observed 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.
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
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- Town
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$14,381Average net price / year
$21,974Cost of attendance
$23,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$244/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,599Median earnings · year 5 after completion
48.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
2,247Student 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
$38,066Year 1
$50,129Year 4
$49,599Year 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.
1Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other · Bachelor's Degree$84,0152Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians · Bachelor's Degree$81,4463Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$78,6244Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$75,6725Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Master's Degree$69,8186Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$63,1677Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$62,5088Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$56,034Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in OH
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Concord Twp, OH
Auburn Career Center
- Annual net price
- $12,051
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $49,505
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -80%
Northern Career Institute
- Annual net price
- $12,759
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $48,057
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -87%
Adult and Community Education-Hudson
- Annual net price
- $14,915
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $52,635
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -68%
Toledo Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education
- Annual net price
- $13,494
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $46,656
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -93%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $84,015 | $28,750 | Not reported |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $81,446 | $24,500 | Not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $78,624 | $24,146 | Not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $75,672 | $34,884 | Not reported |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Master's Degree | $69,818 | Not available | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's Degree | $63,167 | $15,500 | Not reported |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Associate's Degree | $62,508 | $18,000 | Not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $56,034 | Not available | Not reported |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Bachelor's Degree | $55,703 | $23,250 | Not reported |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions | Associate's Degree | $53,741 | Not available | Not reported |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $51,304 | $31,000 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $50,706 | $22,250 | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $48,031 | $28,500 | Not reported |
| Management Information Systems and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $46,822 | $27,375 | Not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate's Degree | $44,869 | $16,999 | Not reported |
| Special Education and Teaching | Bachelor's Degree | $44,143 | $27,000 | 0 |
| Social Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $43,723 | Not available | Not reported |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $43,602 | $32,250 | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $41,424 | Not available | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | $41,068 | Not available | Not reported |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $40,791 | $20,500 | Not reported |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $39,821 | $29,000 | Not reported |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $34,215 | $28,750 | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $27,550 | Not reported |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $19,229 | 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.