10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$214,952at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Texas State Technical College
⌖ Waco, TX · 42 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$214,952 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.
122.7 yrsModeled economic break-even
−92%Modeled 10-year ROI
$46,908Observed earnings · year 5
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Main award level
- Certificates
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$13,508Average net price / year
$20,752Cost of attendance
$9,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$101/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$46,908Median earnings · year 5 after completion
45.5%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
9,437Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
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.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$40,660Year 1
$55,511Year 4
$46,908Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Electrical and Power Transmission Installers · Associate's Degree$107,1862Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$83,1323Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$82,9314Electrical and Power Transmission Installers · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$80,1925Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$79,0706Physical Science Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$76,0277Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$74,7818Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$71,586Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
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Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
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Texas A&M University-Texarkana
- Annual net price
- $12,997
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $45,254
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -99%
Navarro College
- Annual net price
- $14,820
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $45,603
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -97%
Blinn College District
- Annual net price
- $10,844
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $47,870
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -87%
Tyler Junior College
- Annual net price
- $10,206
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $45,715
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -97%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical and Power Transmission Installers | Associate's Degree | $107,186 | $11,668 | Not reported |
| Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $83,132 | Not available | 223 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $82,931 | $24,654 | Not reported |
| Electrical and Power Transmission Installers | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $80,192 | $8,177 | 601 |
| Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $79,070 | $11,000 | Not reported |
| Physical Science Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $76,027 | $11,959 | Not reported |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $74,781 | $15,834 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's Degree | $71,586 | $12,750 | Not reported |
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $63,825 | Not available | Not reported |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $63,363 | $15,925 | 55 |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $63,228 | $10,543 | 0 |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Associate's Degree | $62,639 | $16,500 | Not reported |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $61,718 | $9,500 | 122 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $60,413 | $8,160 | 83 |
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician | Associate's Degree | $59,247 | $12,125 | Not reported |
| Precision Metal Working | Associate's Degree | $57,743 | $9,168 | Not reported |
| Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $57,050 | $19,000 | Not reported |
| Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $55,209 | $16,417 | Not reported |
| Air Transportation | Associate's Degree | $54,585 | $12,054 | Not reported |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management | Associate's Degree | $52,618 | $17,500 | 0 |
| Precision Metal Working | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $52,527 | $8,641 | 542 |
| Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $52,041 | $13,500 | Not reported |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $51,266 | $7,334 | 619 |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology | Associate's Degree | $49,906 | $9,875 | Not reported |
| Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $46,042 | $9,500 | 91 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | Associate's Degree | $45,721 | Not available | Not reported |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services | Associate's Degree | $42,361 | $11,000 | Not reported |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Associate's Degree | $41,745 | $26,123 | Not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $41,190 | Not available | Not reported |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | Associate's Degree | $40,662 | Not available | Not reported |
| Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $40,021 | $13,164 | Not reported |
| Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $38,931 | $12,000 | 27 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's Degree | $36,188 | $14,460 | Not reported |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions | Associate's Degree | $36,108 | $19,078 | Not reported |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $34,720 | $6,584 | 22 |
| Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $33,082 | $7,834 | 0 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Associate's Degree | $33,002 | Not available | Not reported |
| Design and Applied Arts | Associate's Degree | $32,604 | $15,679 | Not reported |
| Teaching Assistants/Aides | Associate's Degree | $32,170 | $9,216 | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Associate's Degree | $32,026 | $10,913 | Not reported |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $30,317 | $10,721 | 21 |
| Computer Programming | Associate's Degree | Not available | $17,750 | Not reported |
Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.
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.