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Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School

⌖ Franklin, MA · 1 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$299,268 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.

—Modeled economic break-even

−132%Modeled 10-year ROI

$37,746Observed 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

−$299,268at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$226,7280

−$299,26810

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 tuitionNot available

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuitionNot available

Sticker price

Average net price$11,682

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$13,896

Tuition + living budget

COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor: Council on Occupational Education
Main award level: Certificates
Campus setting: Suburban
Admissions: Open admission
Delivery: Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation: No special designation reported

Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$11,682Average net price / year

$13,896Cost of attendance

Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers

Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate

$37,746Median earnings · year 5 after completion

70.2%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

72Student 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$11,682

$30–48kNot available

$48–75kNot available

$75–110kNot available

$110k+Not available

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$37,746

Year 6Not available

Year 10Not available

Full-time retention: 100.0%
Part-time retention: 28.6%
Completion within 200% of normal time: 88.9%

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.

34thEarnings percentile

68thCompletion 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.

$64,889Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

Not availableMedian federal debt across categories that report debt

100%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$52,680Year 1

$64,044Year 4

$37,746Year 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.

1Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$64,889

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	2023–24 awards
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$64,889	Not available	21

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.