10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$234,276at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Southern State Community College
⌖ Hillsboro, OH · 6 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$234,276 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.
—Modeled economic break-even
−107%Modeled 10-year ROI
$43,442Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
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
- Associate degrees
- Campus setting
- Town
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$9,674Average net price / year
$15,244Cost of attendance
$11,457Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$121/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$43,442Median earnings · year 5 after completion
37.0%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
761Student 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
$40,283Year 1
$48,360Year 4
$43,442Year 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.
1Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$77,2492Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$73,1483Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$48,8154Social Work · Associate's Degree$41,1615Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$40,3006Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$37,776Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
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.
1Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $77,249 reported+38%vs same-degree national median$16,364federal debt2Social WorkAssociate's Degree · $41,161 reported+4%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree · $48,815 reported+0%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $40,300 reported-1%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $73,148 reported-9%vs same-degree national median$18,490federal debt6Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree · $37,776 reported-14%vs same-degree national median$10,993federal debt
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.
Chesapeake, OH
Collins Career Technical Center
- Annual net price
- $9,468
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,467
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -112%
Washington State College of Ohio
- Annual net price
- $7,714
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,437
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -112%
Stark State College
- Annual net price
- $5,986
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $43,433
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -108%
Owens Community College
- Annual net price
- $10,369
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $46,516
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -93%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $77,249 | $16,364 | 18 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $73,148 | $18,490 | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's Degree | $48,815 | Not available | Not reported |
| Social Work | Associate's Degree | $41,161 | Not available | Not reported |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions | Associate's Degree | $40,300 | Not available | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $37,776 | $10,993 | 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.