Public · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Waynesville Career Center

Waynesville, MO · 1 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$249,752 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.

66.9 yrsModeled economic break-even
−85%Modeled 10-year ROI
$49,392Observed 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
−$249,752at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$293,6720
2
4
6
8
−$249,75210
Years after graduationBreak-even: 66.9 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 tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net price$28,418
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$34,430
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$28,418Average net price / year
$34,430Cost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,392Median earnings · year 5 after completion
77.8%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
27Student 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$30,082
$30–48k$29,071
$48–75kNot available
$75–110k$25,450
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$49,392
Year 6$48,063
Year 10$40,979
Full-time retention
66.7%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
66.7%

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.

61thEarnings percentile
78thCompletion 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.

$53,371Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$10,463Median federal debt across categories that report debt
0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,360Year 1
$51,909Year 4
$49,392Year 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$53,371

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in MO

Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

Washington, MO

Four Rivers Career Center

Annual net price
$27,746
Observed earnings · year 5
$44,917
Modeled 10-year ROI
-100%
Open college profile →
Jefferson City, MO

Lincoln University

Annual net price
$19,092
Observed earnings · year 5
$46,789
Modeled 10-year ROI
-93%
Open college profile →
Carthage, MO

Carthage R9 School District-Carthage Technical Center

Annual net price
$16,874
Observed earnings · year 5
$48,911
Modeled 10-year ROI
-84%
Open college profile →
Cape Girardeau, MO

Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center

Annual net price
$17,598
Observed earnings · year 5
$47,947
Modeled 10-year ROI
-88%
Open college profile →
ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,371$10,463

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.