Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Southeastern College-Charleston

North Charleston, SC · 3 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$473,970 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.

Modeled economic break-even
−156%Modeled 10-year ROI
$28,045Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
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
−$473,970at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$304,4200
2
4
6
8
−$473,97010
Years after graduationBreak-even: 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$25,080
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$25,080
Sticker price
Average net price$31,105
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$39,014
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$31,105Average net price / year
$39,014Cost of attendance
$9,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$101/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$28,045Median earnings · year 5 after completion
67.2%Completion rate
98.1%Admission rate
225Student 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$30,328
$30–48k$36,520
$48–75k$29,900
$75–110k$37,291
$110k+$38,014
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$28,045
Year 6$28,950
Year 10$30,737
Full-time retention
77.8%
Part-time retention
63.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
69.7%

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.

19thEarnings 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.

$32,106Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$14,198Median federal debt across categories that report debt
67%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$28,923Year 1
$33,941Year 4
$28,045Year 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.

1Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,4832Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,1063Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$30,756

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Observed earnings · year 5
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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$21,173
Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,483$18,131
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,106$14,198
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$30,756$9,500

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.