Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Southwest Baptist University

Bolivar, MO · 14 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$194,578 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.

37.0 yrsModeled economic break-even
−73%Modeled 10-year ROI
$52,213Observed 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
−$194,578at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$266,7080
2
4
6
8
−$194,57810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 37.0 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$30,566
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$30,566
Sticker price
Average net price$21,677
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$40,301
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$21,677Average net price / year
$40,301Cost of attendance
$20,957Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$222/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$52,213Median earnings · year 5 after completion
55.3%Completion rate
68.4%Admission rate
1,341Student 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$21,978
$30–48k$17,947
$48–75k$19,633
$75–110k$22,016
$110k+$23,857
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$52,213
Year 6$38,855
Year 10$43,112
Full-time retention
64.8%
Part-time retention
15.4%
Completion within 200% of normal time
41.8%

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.

67thEarnings percentile
45thCompletion 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.

$56,186Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$25,762Median federal debt across categories that report debt
8%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$43,499Year 1
$54,286Year 4
$52,213Year 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.

1Education, General · Doctoral Degree$80,0172Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$78,5253Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Doctoral Degree$78,1014Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$71,9275Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree$62,0166Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness · Bachelor's Degree$58,7707Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$56,1868Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$56,182

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Education, GeneralDoctoral Degree$80,017Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$78,525$29,171
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsDoctoral Degree$78,101Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$71,927$27,408
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree$62,016Not available
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$58,770$19,550
Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree$56,186Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$56,182Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$54,644$20,000
Education, GeneralMaster's Degree$50,567Not available
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$43,058$26,348
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's Degree$41,618$25,762
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$36,697$21,250
Social WorkBachelor's DegreeNot available$26,000

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.