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Texas Wesleyan University

⌖ Fort Worth, TX · 17 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$183,044 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.

29.6 yrsModeled economic break-even
−66%Modeled 10-year ROI
$54,322Observed 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
−$183,044at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$276,2640
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4
6
8
−$183,04410
Years after graduationBreak-even: 29.6 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$39,582
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$39,582
Sticker price
Average net price$24,066
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$57,451
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$24,066Average net price / year
$57,451Cost of attendance
$54,322Median earnings · year 5 after completion
31.5%Completion rate
69.2%Admission rate
1,741Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

71thEarnings percentile
13thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$43,512Year 1
$57,671Year 4
$54,322Year 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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$219,4882Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$98,2023Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$71,2964Finance and Financial Management Services · Bachelor's Degree$66,2485Education, General · Master's Degree$64,9986Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods · Bachelor's Degree$62,2987Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$62,0168Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education · Bachelor's Degree$60,830

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in TX

Currently operating private nonprofit 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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Annual net price
$24,456
Observed earnings · year 5
$54,421
Modeled 10-year ROI
-66%
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Annual net price
$24,654
Observed earnings · year 5
$54,481
Modeled 10-year ROI
-66%
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Annual net price
$22,778
Observed earnings · year 5
$55,420
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
$23,698
Observed earnings · year 5
$56,363
Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree$219,488Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$98,202Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$71,296$31,000
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree$66,248$26,500
Education, GeneralMaster's Degree$64,998Not available
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's Degree$62,298$25,500
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$62,016$22,250
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural EducationBachelor's Degree$60,830$26,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's Degree$58,868$35,550
MarketingBachelor's Degree$55,615$23,000
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree$54,415$29,711
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's Degree$52,999Not available
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$49,909$26,000
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's Degree$47,871Not available
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$46,737$24,562
Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementBachelor's Degree$42,479Not available
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$34,209$20,500

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.