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The College of the Florida Keys

Key West, FL · 2 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$196,354 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.

61.4 yrsModeled economic break-even
−84%Modeled 10-year ROI
$48,819Observed 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
−$196,354at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$234,5440
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4
6
8
−$196,35410
Years after graduationBreak-even: 61.4 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$3,276
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$13,162
Sticker price
Average net price$13,636
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$19,667
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$13,636Average net price / year
$19,667Cost of attendance
$48,819Median earnings · year 5 after completion
34.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,012Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

59thEarnings percentile
17thCompletion 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.

$42,831Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$7,285Median federal debt across categories that report debt
0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$42,669Year 1
$54,493Year 4
$48,819Year 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 · Associate's Degree$70,3792Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$42,831

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

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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 NursingAssociate's Degree$70,379$19,186
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$42,831$7,285

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.