10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$388,794at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Walnut Hill College
⌖ Philadelphia, PA · 3 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$388,794 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.
—Modeled economic break-even
−126%Modeled 10-year ROI
$37,061Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
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.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
- Main award level
- Associate degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$32,351Average net price / year
$35,504Cost of attendance
$18,765Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$199/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$37,061Median earnings · year 5 after completion
57.6%Completion rate
42.7%Admission rate
175Student 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
$26,275Year 1
$43,016Year 4
$37,061Year 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.
1Culinary Arts and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$47,3082Hospitality Administration/Management · Associate's Degree$40,8963Culinary Arts and Related Services · Associate's Degree$38,528Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate's Degree · $40,896 reported-0%vs same-degree national median$17,000federal debt2Culinary Arts and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree · $47,308 reported-1%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt3Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree · $38,528 reported-3%vs same-degree national median$12,000federal debt
Comparable colleges in PA
Currently operating private for-profit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania Gunsmith School
- Annual net price
- $31,452
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $38,527
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -121%
Lansdale School of Business
- Annual net price
- $27,483
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $37,476
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -126%
Erie Institute of Technology Inc
- Annual net price
- $30,164
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $43,443
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -105%
Lincoln Technical Institute-Allentown
- Annual net price
- $36,348
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,154
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -109%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culinary Arts and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $47,308 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Associate's Degree | $40,896 | $17,000 | Not reported |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services | Associate's Degree | $38,528 | $12,000 | Not reported |
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.