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West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA · 2 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$109,594 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.

16.7 yrsModeled economic break-even
−40%Modeled 10-year ROI
$61,373Observed 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
−$109,594at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$273,3240
2
4
6
8
−$109,59410
Years after graduationBreak-even: 16.7 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$10,775
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$22,599
Sticker price
Average net price$23,331
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$28,394
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$23,331Average net price / year
$28,394Cost of attendance
$61,373Median earnings · year 5 after completion
70.5%Completion rate
78.4%Admission rate
14,164Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

82thEarnings 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.

$98,013Median 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

$50,561Year 1
$64,804Year 4
$61,373Year 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.

1Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$147,6352Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$98,013

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

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$147,635Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$98,013Not 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.