10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$288,578at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Zane State College
⌖ Zanesville, OH · 7 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$288,578 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
−136%Modeled 10-year ROI
$37,367Observed 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
- Higher Learning Commission
- Main award level
- Associate degrees
- Campus setting
- Town
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$8,062Average net price / year
$13,935Cost of attendance
$6,834Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$72/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$37,367Median earnings · year 5 after completion
46.5%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
715Student 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
$31,550Year 1
$41,949Year 4
$37,367Year 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.
1Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$82,4152Information Science/Studies · Associate's Degree$46,2193Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$45,3914Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$42,0615Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$41,3696Social Work · Associate's Degree$31,5247Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management · Associate's Degree$27,386Observed 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.
1Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · $82,415 reported+22%vs same-degree national median$10,334federal debt2Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree · $42,061 reported-0%vs same-degree national median$12,966federal debt3Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree · $45,391 reported-3%vs same-degree national median$8,556federal debt4Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree · $41,369 reported-6%vs same-degree national median$7,500federal debt5Information Science/StudiesAssociate's Degree · $46,219 reported-19%vs same-degree national median$7,668federal debt6Social WorkAssociate's Degree · $31,524 reported-20%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
Comparable colleges in OH
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Medina, OH
Medina County Career Center
- Annual net price
- $8,835
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $36,974
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -137%
Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus
- Annual net price
- $9,599
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $36,468
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -139%
Buckeye Joint Vocational School
- Annual net price
- $6,545
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $35,408
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -147%
Polaris Career Center
- Annual net price
- $9,931
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $38,993
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -127%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $82,415 | $10,334 | Not reported |
| Information Science/Studies | Associate's Degree | $46,219 | $7,668 | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's Degree | $45,391 | $8,556 | Not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate's Degree | $42,061 | $12,966 | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $41,369 | $7,500 | Not reported |
| Social Work | Associate's Degree | $31,524 | Not available | Not reported |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management | Associate's Degree | $27,386 | Not available | 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.