Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center

Minneapolis, MN · 4 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$396,886 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
−158%Modeled 10-year ROI
$30,371Observed 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
−$396,886at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$250,5960
2
4
6
8
−$396,88610
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 tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net price$17,649
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$23,943
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$17,649Average net price / year
$23,943Cost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$30,371Median earnings · year 5 after completion
63.8%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
360Student 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$17,965
$30–48k$17,246
$48–75k$16,876
$75–110k$17,245
$110k+$15,792
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$30,371
Year 6$23,930
Year 10$22,606
Full-time retention
Not available
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
55.5%

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.

22thEarnings percentile
58thCompletion 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.

$36,306Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$9,322Median federal debt across categories that report debt
33%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$28,345Year 1
$37,748Year 4
$30,371Year 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.

1Construction Trades, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,1542Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,3063Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,912

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
Construction Trades, GeneralUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,154$9,322
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,306$13,875
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,912$9,061
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$9,416

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.