10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
+$60,066at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Wagner College
⌖ Staten Island, NY · 13 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Positive payoff
+$60,066 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
This is a positive modeled result. Price, time to finish and future earnings can still change the outcome.
8.3 yrsModeled economic break-even
+21%Modeled 10-year ROI
$80,303Observed earnings · year 5
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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.
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$28,241Average net price / year
$65,574Cost of attendance
$25,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$265/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$80,303Median earnings · year 5 after completion
65.1%Completion rate
88.0%Admission rate
1,651Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
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.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$68,466Year 1
$85,313Year 4
$80,303Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
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$160,4952Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Bachelor's Degree$156,9823Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$145,9874Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$113,7285Accounting and Related Services · Master's Degree$85,8666Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$83,8527Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$80,9278Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods · Master's Degree$75,353Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in NY
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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Barnard College
- Annual net price
- $28,800
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $79,860
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +18%
Colgate University
- Annual net price
- $28,786
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $78,336
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +13%
Pace University
- Annual net price
- $30,892
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $79,270
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +13%
Hamilton College
- Annual net price
- $28,985
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $77,354
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +9%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
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.