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Southern Utah University

⌖ Cedar City, UT · 27 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$139,348 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.

26.9 yrsModeled economic break-even
−63%Modeled 10-year ROI
$53,250Observed 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
−$139,348at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$221,8480
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4
6
8
−$139,34810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 26.9 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$6,962
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$21,192
Sticker price
Average net price$10,462
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$19,416
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$10,462Average net price / year
$19,416Cost of attendance
$12,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$133/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$53,250Median earnings · year 5 after completion
60.7%Completion rate
81.8%Admission rate
9,289Student 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$6,070
$30–48k$7,235
$48–75k$9,297
$75–110k$12,487
$110k+$14,917
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$53,250
Year 6$41,147
Year 10$50,296
Full-time retention
75.5%
Part-time retention
32.1%
Completion within 200% of normal time
49.2%

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.

68thEarnings percentile
53thCompletion 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.

$54,243Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$13,125Median federal debt across categories that report debt
50%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$42,158Year 1
$59,189Year 4
$53,250Year 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.

1Finance and Financial Management Services · Bachelor's Degree$100,1492Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$96,7573Accounting and Related Services · Master's Degree$92,7854Air Transportation · Associate's Degree$87,8455Education, General · Master's Degree$83,3046Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$78,5867Public Administration · Master's Degree$77,1138Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$74,908

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree$100,149Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$96,757Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree$92,785Not available
Air TransportationAssociate's Degree$87,845Not available
Education, GeneralMaster's Degree$83,304Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$78,586$10,550
Public AdministrationMaster's Degree$77,113Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$74,908$11,993
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$60,008$17,500
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$57,709$13,125
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$57,058$14,352
MarketingBachelor's Degree$54,485Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$54,243$13,625
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree$54,147$16,001
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's Degree$53,357$16,500
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree$48,998$12,425
Education, GeneralUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$48,863$8,000
Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$47,654$15,050
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$47,382$9,000
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$44,461$13,900
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$42,393$11,359
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$38,210Not available
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$36,654$14,292
HistoryBachelor's Degree$36,457Not available
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralBachelor's DegreeNot available$8,000
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$7,000
Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's DegreeNot available$19,284

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.