10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$132,562at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Shepherd University
⌖ Shepherdstown, WV · 17 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$132,562 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.
24.3 yrsModeled economic break-even
−59%Modeled 10-year ROI
$54,289Observed 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, debt, completion and earnings context
$11,363Average net price / year
$19,601Cost of attendance
$21,600Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$229/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$54,289Median earnings · year 5 after completion
51.0%Completion rate
96.8%Admission rate
2,344Student 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
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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
$43,801Year 1
$55,251Year 4
$54,289Year 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.
1Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$83,1142Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$78,7643Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$74,2184Sociology · Bachelor's Degree$63,4125Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$62,5886Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$56,9537Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree$53,6068Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies · Bachelor's Degree$51,789Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in WV
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Fairmont, WV
Fairmont State University
- Annual net price
- $9,032
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $52,490
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -65%
Marshall University
- Annual net price
- $7,502
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $50,126
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -76%
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
- Annual net price
- $9,337
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $62,396
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -20%
Pierpont Community and Technical College
- Annual net price
- $8,325
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $47,075
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -90%
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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.