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Trevecca Nazarene University

⌖ Nashville, TN · 20 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$186,802 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.

40.9 yrsModeled economic break-even

−76%Modeled 10-year ROI

$51,045Observed 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

−$186,802at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$247,2520

−$186,80210

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$31,300

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$31,300

Sticker price

Average net price$16,813

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$41,548

Tuition + living budget

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$16,813Average net price / year

$41,548Cost of attendance

$18,744Median federal student debt · completer borrowers

$199/moPublished 10-year payment estimate

$51,045Median earnings · year 5 after completion

53.1%Completion rate

69.4%Admission rate

1,737Student 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$14,532

$30–48k$13,643

$48–75k$15,420

$75–110k$17,779

$110k+$20,725

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$51,045

Year 6$46,065

Year 10$49,378

Full-time retention: 73.6%
Part-time retention: Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time: 61.9%

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.

64thEarnings percentile

42thCompletion 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.

$55,646Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$24,750Median federal debt across categories that report debt

17%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$43,262Year 1

$64,175Year 4

$51,045Year 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.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Master's Degree$116,655 2Educational Administration and Supervision · Doctoral Degree$87,850 3Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$80,266 4Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$67,103 5Educational/Instructional Media Design · Master's Degree$64,048 6Health and Medical Administrative Services · Bachelor's Degree$62,259 7Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$62,197 8Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language · Master's Degree$56,423

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 field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	Master's Degree	$116,655	Not available
Educational Administration and Supervision	Doctoral Degree	$87,850	Not available
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Master's Degree	$80,266	Not available
Educational Administration and Supervision	Master's Degree	$67,103	Not available
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	$64,048	Not available
Health and Medical Administrative Services	Bachelor's Degree	$62,259	$27,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$62,197	$24,798
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	$56,423	Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	Master's Degree	$55,646	Not available
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	Master's Degree	$55,646	Not available
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$51,512	$21,500
Psychology, General	Bachelor's Degree	$49,989	$21,375
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Bachelor's Degree	$49,184	Not available
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	Master's Degree	$48,819	Not available
Theology and Religious Vocations, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$46,332	$33,727
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	Bachelor's Degree	$42,332	Not available
Theological and Ministerial Studies	Master's Degree	$40,491	Not available
Communication and Media Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$36,070	$21,625
Computer and Information Sciences, General	Bachelor's Degree	Not available	$24,920
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Associate's Degree	Not available	$24,750

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.