Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, NC · 19 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$191,532 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.

40.0 yrsModeled economic break-even
−75%Modeled 10-year ROI
$51,388Observed 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
−$191,532at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$255,4120
2
4
6
8
−$191,53210
Years after graduationBreak-even: 40.0 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$27,366
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$27,366
Sticker price
Average net price$18,853
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$38,569
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$18,853Average net price / year
$38,569Cost of attendance
$27,209Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$288/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$51,388Median earnings · year 5 after completion
51.8%Completion rate
75.8%Admission rate
1,796Student 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$18,227
$30–48k$16,066
$48–75k$20,923
$75–110k$15,250
$110k+$21,498
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$51,388
Year 6$43,026
Year 10$47,139
Full-time retention
71.7%
Part-time retention
50.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
49.1%

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.

65thEarnings percentile
40thCompletion 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.

$56,226Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$27,562Median federal debt across categories that report debt
37%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$45,365Year 1
$57,606Year 4
$51,388Year 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 · Bachelor's Degree$93,6982Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$80,0963Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$78,2474Management Information Systems and Services · Bachelor's Degree$72,3705Agricultural Business and Management · Bachelor's Degree$70,2196Human Resources Management and Services · Bachelor's Degree$62,8417Health and Medical Administrative Services · Bachelor's Degree$61,7588Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$60,436

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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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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Observed earnings · year 5
$52,632
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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Modeled 10-year ROI
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Annual net price
$17,432
Observed earnings · year 5
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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 NursingBachelor's Degree$93,698$27,094
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$80,096Not available
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$78,247$31,838
Management Information Systems and ServicesBachelor's Degree$72,370Not available
Agricultural Business and ManagementBachelor's Degree$70,219$22,237
Human Resources Management and ServicesBachelor's Degree$62,841$42,482
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree$61,758$40,670
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$60,436$35,500
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$59,952$30,933
Education, GeneralBachelor's Degree$56,226Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsMaster's Degree$54,789Not available
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$53,986$27,000
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$51,374$27,562
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's Degree$51,250$26,889
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$50,800$34,535
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$47,411$35,963
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$45,671$25,820
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$39,248$22,644
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure StudiesBachelor's Degree$38,052Not available

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.