10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$207,762at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
South College
⌖ Knoxville, TN · 10 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$207,762 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.
57.6 yrsModeled economic break-even
−83%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,367Observed 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
$17,858Average net price / year
$30,954Cost of attendance
$49,367Median earnings · year 5 after completion
42.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
8,745Student 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
$46,134Year 1
$52,540Year 4
$49,367Year 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.
1Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration · First Professional Degree$127,8932Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Master's Degree$127,4683Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · First Professional Degree$78,2434Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$77,0965Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$61,0376Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Bachelor's Degree$55,3617Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$53,3678Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$46,109Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in TN
Currently operating private for-profit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Clarksville, TN
North Central Institute
- Annual net price
- $17,566
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $54,777
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -61%
Mind Body Institute
- Annual net price
- $21,627
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $38,727
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -124%
Nashville Auto-Diesel College
- Annual net price
- $32,544
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $48,821
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -88%
Fortis Institute-Cookeville
- Annual net price
- $23,582
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $35,925
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -133%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
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.