Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, FL · 14 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$152,698 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.

21.5 yrsModeled economic break-even
−54%Modeled 10-year ROI
$58,255Observed 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
−$152,698at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$285,2480
2
4
6
8
−$152,69810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 21.5 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$34,770
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$34,770
Sticker price
Average net price$26,312
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$51,205
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$26,312Average net price / year
$51,205Cost of attendance
$19,125Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$203/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$58,255Median earnings · year 5 after completion
48.1%Completion rate
97.9%Admission rate
2,214Student 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$24,657
$30–48k$26,101
$48–75k$27,122
$75–110k$29,081
$110k+$30,098
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$58,255
Year 6$44,435
Year 10$54,272
Full-time retention
56.6%
Part-time retention
0.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
43.6%

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.

77thEarnings percentile
35thCompletion 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.

$69,390Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$23,342Median federal debt across categories that report debt
8%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$45,143Year 1
$70,806Year 4
$58,255Year 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.

1Legal Professions and Studies, Other · Graduate/Professional Certificate$115,3572Legal Professions and Studies, Other · Post-baccalaureate Certificate$102,1103Law · Doctoral Degree$99,4124Educational Administration and Supervision · Doctoral Degree$88,1455Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$79,9556Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$69,4327Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$69,3908Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods · Master's Degree$64,254

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
Legal Professions and Studies, OtherGraduate/Professional Certificate$115,357Not available
Legal Professions and Studies, OtherPost-baccalaureate Certificate$102,110$15,977
LawDoctoral Degree$99,412Not available
Educational Administration and SupervisionDoctoral Degree$88,145Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$79,955Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$69,432Not available
Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree$69,390Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsMaster's Degree$64,254Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$63,852$23,342
Special Education and TeachingMaster's Degree$63,009Not available
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsMaster's Degree$58,659Not available
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$54,337$25,000
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsMaster's Degree$45,918Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's DegreeNot available$35,500

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.