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SUNY College of Technology at Canton
⌖ Canton, NY · 21 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$164,272 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.
31.4 yrsModeled economic break-even
−68%Modeled 10-year ROI
$52,680Observed 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
−$164,272at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$241,0720
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−$164,27210
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$8,742Sticker pricePublished out-of-state tuition$13,572Sticker priceAverage net price$15,268Title IV student averageCost of attendance$24,906Tuition + living budget
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$15,268Average net price / year
$24,906Cost of attendance
$20,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$212/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$52,680Median earnings · year 5 after completion
38.5%Completion rate
92.2%Admission rate
2,741Student 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$10,908
$30–48k$12,813
$48–75k$17,700
$75–110k$17,984
$110k+$22,077
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT
What happens beyond the first earnings measure
Year 5$52,680
Year 6$42,079
Year 10$47,860
Full-time retention
69.5%
Part-time retention
50.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
47.3%
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 percentile22thCompletion 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.
$52,252Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories$24,617Median federal debt across categories that report debt42%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$42,505Year 1
$57,422Year 4
$52,680Year 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.
Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST
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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.
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